Well, up until now I refrained from posting anything on this subject because what I'm about to tell you will lead to ridicule. So be it.

In the mid 80's my wife and I were driving home from camp on a sunny May afternoon, with some friends right behind us. We were traveling on Rte 120 between Renovo and Lock Haven (closer to Lock Haven) when I saw what appeared to be a very large dog on the shoulder of the road (on the river side). I was cruising along about 55-60 mph and I slowed down to about25 mph because it appeared that the animal was going to cross the road. Sure enough it did, about 30' in front of my Bronco. My wife said "what the hell is that!?" I said it's a cat. more specifically a mountain lion. I could have run it over with my Bronco, and to this day sometimes I wish I would have. No, it wasn't a bobcat. Not even close. And when we stopped in Lock Haven for gas, our friends said the same thing - what the hell was that?

Where did it come from? What was it doing there? Heck if I know. A beautiful animal. Smooth facial features, tawny color, long tail. Big. Did it escape from captivity? I know there was a place along 120 called the "Lion's Den". I never stopped there, maybe they had one and it escaped. But I know what I saw.