No cats east of the Mississippi? That might come as a big surprise to folks in Florida[:-]

Yep!

And Great Horned Owl tracks are very similar to Cougar tracks .

No doubt about it. It had to be an owl .

Got pics of the tracks to share?
Steve

....and how they got DNA from them???

You guys who don't think their are cougers in the northeast are right out of your minds!! It's not Sproul..

I gotta little evidence to share with you. Just the other night I was walking home thru the woods and I heard something!! It wasn't a scream but it sounded more like " Heavens to Murgatroyd" yelled over and over again.I also heard what sounded like stage left. I got a report the next day that Snagglepuss had been seen.

only thing is when you have a homeowner in hammersly fork who lived there for over 50 years,hears a strange scream from behind his house,doe runs down and dies in creek with blood on back of its neck area,that is something that is not NORMAL.

then other camp owners hear screams .

they also have not heard those before.

not saying OWL is not doing it BUT if a sound is DIFFERENT from anything these people have heard from 12 yrs old to 60 years old,you have to wonder.

And the Drum Beat carries on...............

The owl that gets accused most often of being a cougar is the screech owl. More than once I've seen people go nuts after hearing a screech owl swearing it must be a mountain lion. It's really fun when one starts calling when you're among a bunch of cub scouts and their parents on a camping trip! They get pretty embarassed when you explain that a really big screech owl stands about 8 inches tall.

On page 8 of this booklet from a Quebec national park talks about cougars being sighted. Quebec can surely be considered EAST of the mississippi.

Can't seem to get the attachment on the post.