I usually here alot of people talking about mt lions in my area and I haven't heard much lately. I am one of those people that does believe there are a couple of big cats running around. I don't believe all the conspiracy theory stuff though. I only started believing in mt lions being in the area after my brother saw one in Delevan NY while fly fishing Elton Creek. What is funny about the whole mt lion topic at least in NY is that we called and reported the sighting to the DEC and they would not even consider it. They told my brother that there are no Mt lions in NY and told him it was probably a bobcat. Well last i knew bobcats weren't 6 ft long. But a couple of days later there were a bunch of DEC officers out near the creek walking all over. We almost wanted to go down ask them what they were looking for but figured we wouldn't get them agravated.

Another thing i found funny was a the hambug sportsmans show there was an exhibit setup by the DEC and it was a NY Wildlife exhibit. there were different species of hawks, rabbits, coyotes, and a mt lion. What doesn't fit here. Its like one of those tests you took in elementary school - What item does not belong?

There was also a big conference a Fingerlakes community college specifically on Mt lions in NY that was an invite only event. My brother goes to school there and his one professor went to the conference. he told my brother that it had to deal with what procedures were to be followed when a sighting was reported and how to collect and document evidence related to the sighting. They also talked about habitat and densities, along with procedure to prevent hunman/mt lion encounters.

This all seems like alot of trouble for an animal that is not in NY State but I guess the government needs to spend money on something. Like i said i do believe there are Mt Lions in NY, I don't believe there are that many of them and i have no clue how they got here but I am not buying the Insurance Company angle -