ORIGINAL: RockinChair
Actually, several years ago there was a sighting' of a cougar in Virginia. No visual evidence, just a blurry still photo. Still, this was before photoshop and it looked EERILY similar to a big cat.
Every documented sighting in VA has been tied to a licensed (or even illegally) imported mountain lion. To this date in recent history there have been no confirmed cougar sightings in VA.... and thats right from the horses mouth (of course he says the same thing about cottonmouths and I'm gonna kill him one and carry it to the house).