I don't have such a copy. I no longer tell people that I've spotted mountain lions in our area. Both "supposed" sightings were on the Shenandoah South Branch. One was a full grown critter that came down to drink at dusk in my favorite small mouth fishing hole. It was tawny colored. When it saw me, it slowly backed up the bank, and totally disappeared into the background.

The other sighting was a juvenile that was chestnut colored. It was running through a hay field on the opposite side of the Shenandoah River from where I was. The most striking feature, besides its color, was its tail. It's tail was extremely long.

I reported both, but I guess I was considered just one more of the crackpots.

Having spent nearly all my life in very rural woodland settings, I feel I have a pretty good sense of what I see. I've done a lot of hunting. I've never shot anything that I thought was something else.

To tease our wonderful friend TJ, I still haven't seen a Big Foot, except maybe for our other good friend, FireIsHot!


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