The only reason there is any argument at all over whether or not livbucks pic is a mountain lion or a bob cat is due to the fact that it is a very poor picture. None of the features that everyone uses to unquestionably identify the cat are clearly visible so at first glance one could go either way. When I first saw the pic I thought cougar but on closer inspection there are features on the cat that are clearly visible and only found on a bob cat.


But what difference does it make anyway? Like I've said before, even if the pic was unquestionably a cougarwould it settle the question of whether or not wild cougars exist in PA? Of course not! How many pics have we all seen that are clearly mountain lions and said to be taken in PA already?Is anybody naive enough to think one more will settle the debate? As far as I'm concerned, until a widly accepted and traditional information source such as a government agency or university or organization of equal stature that holds the confidence of the majority of the people VERIFY the existence of a wild population of cougars in PA the majority of people simply aren't going to believe it. And because not only will these information sources not verify it butin unison say there is simply no evidence to support those who claimML's exist in PA, the majority will notonly not believe it but will ridicule those who do.

Unfortunately, this whole ML in PA thing has taken on an aura not unlike the phenomenon of people clamoring to proove big foot exists.