I scanned it again but didn't zoom this time.
I also tried to soften the grain some.

Of course the range of JUST ONEadult male moutain lion is often over 100 square miles! That's over 64,000 acres.Thereis not a single place in the entire state of PA or NY that has that much land that does not contain houses and traveled roads. We like to think about the "wilds" of PA but to a mountain lion it's a pretty congested area.

livbucks, look at that front shoulder and top of it on back.i never in my life saw a bobcat that had muscles or hump on shoulder as that baby does.hair from what i see does not look as rough as bobcat or color is very different. can someone put a bobcat picture on here that has the look of this baby. slyvan, on red hawks, yes we did have 1 or 2 back 40 years ago in my county. but NOW, oh my, they are all over.same with coyotes, i never saw a coyote track until last 8 or so years. i saw tons of them ALL in about a year or 2 then. that was my only point not to suggest they are not here back years ago.i never saw a cougar track but saw cougar 13 years ago in same area of this picture.when this permit thing for bobcats started, now i am seeing less bobcats than i have in past.but everywhere i look a see a red hawk sitting on limb waiting to kill a grouse or pheasant or rabbit. last week i saw a fisher.they can run fast.if you see one it will look bigger and longer than a house cat.at least this one did to me.eagles are all over .i never saw that before also.rabbits, grouse, pheasants,squirrreals,deer are going the opposite direction.less each year. my wife used to have hips like a bobcat,now she has them like a cougar,ha. hope she does not read this.look at those hips and back on that cat. dont look at anything but that.i never saw a bobcat that looked like that. also ,look at right ear. i was looking at bobcat pictures and noticed that ears on a bobcat are pointed somewhat.that ear looks rounded.

Are you sure this photo was taken in PA? As it show no markings of a Bobcat or the Canadian Lynx on its back from what I can see. From what I can see, I think it looks more like a cat that is rare in Florida. Both the Bobcat and the Canadian Lynx should have a short tail sticking straight out behind it in this position and I see none either. I'm not sure but I beleive the cat in Florida is called a Florida Panther or something like that.

it was difeniately taken at camp in pottersdale,pa in aug of 2005.no hoax here .owners went to newspaper with picture.they are well known and respected people.that i can assure all of us. the one i saw in this area had a tail about 2 ft long and weighted, i would say about 45 pds,13 years ago.this is clearfield/clinton county in wmu 2g.

do you mean a shoulder hump like the bobcat in this picture? Heck, this bobcat is even close to the same color with the same white marks on the back of the ears with the same short tail with the same white underside, the same tufts of hair on the cheeks, the same "rounded" ears...well, you get the idea.So sproulman I guess you have now seen a bobcat whith all of those traits that you have never seen in a bobcat before.I still believe there are lions in Pa I just don't think this is a pic of one. Sorry but I'm sticking to my guns.

You now have me convinced buddy the other picture is not very clear but what you show looks the same.

Are we talking about the pic Livbucks posted above?
IMO it is clearly just a summer coat Bobcat. The tail alone is a dead giveaway......a Mt. Lion tail is of a similar diameter as it's forelegs. This animal has a thin summer coat bobcat length tail.
Even if the thing was stapled to the left side of it's body you would still clearly see the diameter at the base.

Bobcats are very common in this area and even though I hoped to see a Mt. Lion in that picture (since I hunt up there) I immediately saw it as nothing more than a Bobcat.

Bigfoot here, present & accounted for!

I guess I missed something the first time.
Here is a better scan.
I monkeyed around with a few settings and PRESTO!
A TAIL APPEARED!
So what do you guys think NOW[:@][:'(][][:-][&o][X(][>:][&:][8D]