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Cougar on the Porch!

Netlore Archive: Emailed photos taken through a screen door show a cougar (mountain lion) prowling the porch or patio of someone's home

Description: Emailed images
Circulating since: March 2004
Status: Authentic photos / Mislabeled
Analysis: See comments


Variant #1:
Email example contributed by G. Riggs, April 7, 2004:

Fw: Get your paper this morning?

Pictures were taken this morning on Mt Roosevelt, just outside the Deadwood city limits.


Variant #2:
Email example contributed by William C., March 6, 2005:

Fw: Real cougar in Hornell NY

Kriner Kirby was at the hunting camp in Hornell NY the weekend of Jan 24, the weekend we had the big snowstorm. She has cats and noticed something had been cleaning out all the food on the deck and in the storage shed.

Very Big Cat

That sunday a rep from the DEC confirmed it was a Cougar. He said there is at least10 cougars living between Hornell, Corning NY to Wellsboro PA. Each animal can roam a 100sq mile area and usually stay clear of human activity, but in the winter easy food will attract them. He noted this is VERY rare to have one at your door and stay there for 3 photos. This animal may be a problem one , he said. He also estimated the animal is over 100lbs.

Also the local radio and tv news didn't seem to care much about this story or the photos. I guess they don't want to cause a scare in that area. Watch your back if you have a camp or cottage in that area.


Variant #3:
Email example contributed by Traci, Feb. 12, 2007:

Fwd: Mountain Lion on Porch

>From a guy out at Martin, SD. Pictures taken from his kitchen onto his patio deck. It was watching his little kids on the kitchen floor!


Variant #4:
Email example contributed by Pam J., April 8, 2007:

Fw: Cougar

Cougars in michigan

Subject : FW: Cougars - Make sure to read below.

Here kitty kitty kitty! This is in Martin, Michigan, north of Kalamazoo. I'm sure the DNR would look at this photo and say that it's just a house cat. Awesome.

Guess what! There are more and more Mountain Lion sightings in all of Michigan. Lansing, Kalamazoo, Comstock Park, Baldwin and many, many more locations in Michigan. This is what we will be looking forward to in the near future. See below:

From a guy out at Martin,. Pictures taken from his kitchen onto his patio deck. It was watching his little kids on the kitchen floor!


Variant #5:
Email example contributed by Steve E., March 9, 2007:

FW: WOW!

These picture were taken just south of Blanco west of 281.

Take a look at the pictures.
From a guy living in Blanco county
Pictures taken from his kitchen onto his deck.
The cat was watching his little kids playing on the kitchen floor.


Variant #6:
Email example contributed by Lorelei, Feb. 6, 2008:

Fw: DON'T FEED THIS KITTY!!

DON'T FEED THE KITTIES !!

These pictures are from a guy out in Mason, TX.

The pictures were taken from his kitchen onto his deck this year when it snowed in January. The cat was watching his little kids playing on the kitchen floor. It is not a pet.

Thank goodness the kids weren't outside playing!!!!


Variant #7:
Email example contributed by Larry W., Feb. 16, 2008:

Fw: Here Kitty, Kitty...

Thank GOD for the plate glass in the door! And, wouldn't this mess up your whole night if you were to take out the trash at the wrong time?

These are from a guy out at Watonga, Oklahoma . The pictures were taken from his kitchen onto his patio deck. The critter was watching his little kids playing on the kitchen floor!

Watonga is about 25 miles north of I 44 between OK City and Weatherford.


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