I live in Central Illinois. My son was riding his 4-wheeler around the edge of one of our hay fields a couple of weeks ago. He said he saw what looked like a small cougar dart into the woods just ahead of him. He said it was yellow and definitely some sort of wildcat. There have been several sightings in our area, even claims of the black cats ( which is wierd because they aren't native here??) I went out and took pictures of prints that look like large cat tracks in that same field yesterday. I would like to post them but can't figure out how to do it ????