Thanks Cecil, but that wasn't the one.
I'll check with Luskie.
If we develop some thoughts from the paper I'm looking for, a lot of mountain lion sightings could be from individual animals that were slowly moving through areas while on a greater journey to a further destination. So, if you saw a mountain lion, the chance of someone else seeing it again in the same vicinity, but at a later point in time, would be small, hence the suspicion towards the person who claimed the first sighting.
