I almost feel like I'm reporting a UFO sighting or something,but I saw a cougar in the Shawnee Forest a few years ago while bow hunting,but never got the shot. If my memory serves me right, I think it was a newspaper in White County that had a story about a road kill cougar last year or the year before. Our local news here in Paducah, KY also covers cougar sightings in Southern Illinois several times a year. I think its just a matter of time before the state acknowledges their presence.