I believe you are right when it comes to actually seeing one.. Although you could still possibly see one when not looking for one. I know i wouldn't rule it out entirely. They tell us up here that they do not exist as well, saying they were all shot off. Maine at that time still had alot of woods as well as alot of other states did. It would be hard to believe they could of shot all of them at least up here. I can also remember seeing a cat track about the size of a base from acoffee cup when rabbit hunting when I was younger. I never saw that track again before perhaps it was from forest practices we have now? Or it was just moving through but, I also know what I saw then..just a track in the snow...