you didn' t make any claims about the validity of the story - you didn' t know anything about that at the time - but you you " knew" it was an altered picture, and all the people who had responded to the thread needed a " reality check" . shadows and unrealistic body length were your arguments. Why can' t you stick to the topic of the picture and your original arguement???
http://www.desertusa.com/may96/du_mlion.html
" Adult males
may be more than 8 feet long from nose to
end of tail and generally weigh between 130 and 150 pounds. Adult females can be 7 feet long and weigh between 65 and 90 pounds"
not 8ft plus the length of a tail. why don' t you give us the length of some of your mt. lions that you' ve shot or measured from nose to end of tail - unstreched skin. that way we can understand why you beleive what you do and then you can say " Well guys, i' m not sure that pic looks real, I' ve measured mt. lions this long ___ and that lion looks much to short to me" - even though it looks like other pictures of mt. lions and even though guys that have harvested or help harvested lots of lions don' t see anything fishy about the length of the lion which was your ORIGINAL argument that you were so sure about. you' ve already been told all that and you just don' t want to believe you might be wrong so you ignore it and find other evidence that
might suggest all the facts aren' t known. WHY???? What is your insane reason for thinking you are God' s chosen one to keep(in a obnoxious way) others from believing or just waiting for more info or accepting they just don' t know the facts on something - not for the chosen one though, you " know" the " real" facts, and demand everyone believe your explanation.
And we all know the B&C page is a rumours page, no one stated differently - the point was your so positive, that you know its not a rumour, you have no doubt about the validty, so now its a " fact" its a fake so you should go let them know. it was sarcasm and menat to be a joke, but your so wired up about proving yourself right you can' t see that. too busy jumping to different ways to prove the pic is a fake.
Eric