The head of the mountain lion stood below his waist (about 2 feet high) so perhaps a medium sized younger male or female. So I make it back to the end of my sidewalk when we hear it againI told my husband your on your own buddy I'm gone I ran back in the house he looked at his gun and said I have the wrong one for this one that's a big ole kitty.. and the dogs barked and was ticked off all night.. But he had not gotten in the room fast enough it had moved rather quickly. IDNR said they believe it was the same. My stepbrother, and I at the time were teenagers and lived at Horner WV, Lewis County was about a mile from Stonecoal Lake. We had noticed several deer tracks and then out of the blue notced a very different track following them. It was in fact a mountain lion that I saw. Missouri Department of Conservation workers said on Tuesday they were still searching for the animal and did not have more details about the lions gender, size or other characteristics. Wildlife experts say the famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion known as P-22 is drastically underweight and probably was struck and hurt by a car. All rights reserved. An adult male mountain lion was hit around 6:30 p.m. on Pacific Coast. I thought it might have been a bobcat, but his description sounded more like a puma/mountain lion! There are a handful of captive facilities in West Virginia that are licensed to harbor mountain lions. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Monday the mountain lion died Sunday after being hit . We won't share it with anyone else. Reporter covering St. Louis County politics. Exam finds famed LA mountain lion may have been hit by car "The last cougar that existed here in West Virginia was eliminated decades ago. Or this one from Valentine's Day last: I have found myself landing on it numerous times, whether researching ramps, bobcats, or mountain lions! The tail was as long as the body and was thick, it's back feet were large. This picture was taken April 7, 2008 behind my home in Wallace, WV approx. Webmaster's Note! There is absolutely no doubt that it was definitely a Mt. Webmaster's Note! Theyre beautiful and awesome, she said. or Lead Mine, WV. Dots on the map represent each mountain lion sighting. It eventually ran away from the scene. Only two confirmed sightings have been recorded since 1994: one animal was struck on Interstate 70 in. I live in Putnam County, and one of my students who lives on "Redhouse Hill" which is rural and beautifully mountainous, with many ridge top roads populated by picturesque farms, told me he had seen a mountain lion. is an unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia, in the North Area of the State and the zip code for the community is 26290. One night after going to bed we were awoken by what sounded like screams off in the woods. I dont see that ever happening again.. Shanks WV. And shed heard talk of other, bigger sightings. Fur-bearer biologist Jeff Beringer with the Missouri Department of . They came out and investigated. Before that, a lion was captured on a trail camera in 2011 in a wooded area of Chesterfield. Second mountain lion near Los Angeles hit, killed by car OT/MISC - OMG a MOUNTAIN LION not a "Cougar" got hit not far from St If you have any questions for me, my name is Alice Hanna and my number is (304) 000 - 0000.
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