One of my best friends swears he saw a mountain lions 2 years ago.It bothered him so much,he only told me and one other person.This guy hunts in about 4 states each yearbut that would hardly make him a cougar expert.Do I think he's lying?No way.I definately think he believes he saw one like most people do but I highly doubt it was a mountain lion.

Sproul,Like I said.It's possible a few have been released by wackos or people that could no longer handle them.No one said that couldn't be the case.However,there's just no credible evidence that they're out there.All we have is a bunch of people saying they saw something that they probably never saw at any time other than on TV or in a book.Look at all the black sightings each year.That animal doesn't even exist except for insoutheast Asia.Yet,dozens of people see them every year.Are they credible?No way.Look at all the bobcat pictures that have been posted all over the internet.People argued for weeks that they were looking at a mountain lion when the picture clearly showed a bobcat.How can there be so many credible sightings without one piece of solid scientific evidence?Just like the coyote stocking stories,all we have is a bunch or urban legends and conspiracy theories without one shred of proof.Three years ago I hunted in an area of Colorado that had a high mountain lion population.The guys I hunted withlived there all their lives thereand make a living by spending most of their time in the wilderness.In all those years,they've seen one mountain lion.How can three people live in an area with alot of mountain lions and hardly ever see one but all the people you know in clinton county have seen one and many have seen them more than once.Worse yet,they only see them during the fall when no evidence can be gathered.Somehow they disappear during the winter.They have to go somewhere and I imagine they'd leave tracks there,so what gives?Do Pa mountain lions hibernate?