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Had one on Cape Cod for a while. Around twenty-five or so years ago. The story:
I served as chief of police for a town on the outer Cape (the arm of the Cape that ends in Provincetown). I was told by three of my town's citizens that they had seen a mountain lion. With the exception of the last person reporting the sightings (which I will explain in a moment) the first two people started with; "Chief, you're not gonna believe this!"
First person-CPA, woman, known her for several years. While driving along Cape Cod bay, in the National Seashore the cat ran across the road she was driving on.
Second person-Town gas inspector. Also my plumber. Saw the big cat twice. Once for a short period of time, once for around fifteen minutes. The man was out hunting (in the same general area as the woman who first reported the cat) and saw, through binoculars, the animal in a tree, relaxing, with a deer kill at the base of the tree.
Third person (and the one I'm least likely to believe...)-My wife. A member of the town's Fire Dept, which was also the town's rescue squad. She went on an ambulance call in the early morning hours. When she came back home she woke me up to tell me she saw a mountain lion drinking from a bird bath on the road leading to our home.
I contacted the Natural History Museum on the Cape. Nobody cared. Go figure.
Rich
same here, I've done a lot of research online and there are so many sightings up in PA it is incredible...there are a few photos that people caught of the black panthers as well....
and yet, no one seems to care? Also, I'd be afraid if it got out and was reported on the news...a lot of people would hunt them. They are illusive... but there have been way to many sightings not to be true....
A good scientist always keeps an open mind, yet is always skeptical in outlook.
A problem the "crypto-zoology" students have is that there's been so much fraud & false info spread thru the yrs over this phenomenon that it's difficult to take any new observations seriously.
The plausibility of the existence of such a creature is also low, given the population math: very likely that any larger animal (ie- lower birthrate) will go extinct in just a few generations if the breeding population is lower than about 500 individuals. Given the low incidence of "observations," one must think the population doesn't meet this minimum sustainable number.
There are several threads about this going over on the "Unexplainable..." board.
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Ok, I have a confession. I have seen it. Wife and I went to grocery store two days ago to attempt to refill the pantry. Sadly, no real luck due to Covid19. However, driving home on our very rural county road.....I saw a large animal standing in the road. Not wanting to damage my vehicle by colliding with the creature, I pulled to the side of the road. Just at that moment, my wife reminded me she was very hungry and that we're empty handed from our grocery run. I did the only thing a good husband could do.....I pulled my trusty Browning 30.06 from its case and put 5 rounds into the beast.
Imagine my surprise when I began to investigate the kill. It was Bigfoot. All 8 feet of him. Big, hairy, ugly and stinky. Faced now with a hard choice.....show the world my incredible find or feed my starving wife and family.....I had to choose my kin. So, the world will still not have the proof it wants on this cryptid but, rest assured we are eating well. Tastes a little like opossum.
-G
Be careful what you say as the guy who climed to shoot and bury a bigfoot and went public about it has had death threats. We also do not know what the legal position for killing one is. That has not been tested in the courts yet.
OK, sorry, did not see the mods previous post. However, I think the death threat should be pointed out to folks.
Native Americans say bigfoot is a spirit animal. I'm not sure what a "spirit animal" is, but chances are people who have lived in the wild for hundreds of years know what they're talking about.
Native American peoples remember what we've been taught to forget.
Be careful what you say as the guy who climed to shoot and bury a bigfoot and went public about it has had death threats. We also do not know what the legal position for killing one is. That has not been tested in the courts yet.
Yes we do know and no it does not have to be tested, there are simply no laws against killing a "Sasquatch."
I would just be careful and not kill anything as you could be mistaken, in case it is actually just a person playing fancy dress. I've seen two people both getting in one ultra large costume as a joke and you don't want to mistakenly kill two people.
Sasquatch sightings? I thought I saw one last night....on the nightly coronavirus update.....it had orange , not brown hair !
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Gemstone1
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