Nobody I know is saying that they are "still here".
The point you obviously are missing is that some think
they are trying to come back, by expanding their range
from other states.
We seem to be having a failure to communicate.
"PA has the perfect habitat with vast expanses of woodland
and certainly at top of food chain.It could no doubt thrive and evade human contact for yrs in a state like PA."
Sure sounds like an indication that they are "still here" to me. I'm not missing anything. Lots of you cougar advocates have argued this. In any case, you apparently missed my post showing what the United States Park Service says is the current range of the cougar. Cougars don't suddeny "expand" their range from 1000 miles away. If they were "expanding" into PA they would be "established" in nearby states and according to the professionals that are paid to know what their range is, that just isn't the case. Just maybe YOU are missing something!
...what state did they commute from and why skip the states in between?
Answer, its a trick question, they didn't begin the commute in the first place.
So they aren't "still here" in PAand they aren't "expanding" into PA according to the official sources so when do we start the conspiracy theory discussion?