lion sighting in Wayne County PA

[Emily]

http://www.wayneindependent.com/article ... /news3.txt

Online from Northeastern Pennsylvania Honesdale, PA
Proudly serving Honesdale-Wayne County, PA Friday August 24, 2007
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[Spacer] More Recent Mountain Lion Sightings
By PETER BECKER

WAYNE COUNTY- The recent claim of a mountain lion with two cubs seen in
Scott Township comes on the paws of two other reports of purported
panthers.

As was reported July 21st, Karen Baldwin called this newspaper claiming
to have seen what she described as a mountain lion crossing Elk Lake
Drive, Clinton Township in front of her car, July 20th.

Since then, another report arrived, from Shirley Stein of Torrey, north
of Honesdale. She stated that in late June, at 5:15 a.m. she heard a
"horrifying sound" and observed a fox cub running away. She said
she and her husband then "saw a large animal leap in two strides
for about 100 feet. We lost sight of him we thought he had jumped the
rock wall and ran into the woods" Looking from off her deck with
binoculars, she stated she saw, "what I believe to be a mountain
lion he also had catlike features and tan in color, he was larger then
my dog who weighs about 75 pounds. It definitely was not a bobcat, he
didn't have any spots and was much larger in size. I wish I had grabbed
the camera instead."

Observing the strange animal at the fox den, she says it looked right
at her, yelling to her husband and returning to her deck, she said the
animal then just ran off.

Mrs. Stein advised people to be cautious. "Remember safety first,
then someone please snap a picture," she added.

Editor's Note: While reports are welcome, The Wayne Independent does
not claim to verify whether people are correct in what they say they
have seen. The Pa. Game Commission contends most reports are likely
that of some other animal misidentified, and states mountain lions are
no longer indigenous to this state.

[Farm Boy]

Thanks for posting this Emily !!

[Spanky]

years ago Honesdale use to put on a great hunt.....gonna be interesting when they start treeing cougars instead of coons

[Clyde Lawson]

years ago Honesdale use to put on a great hunt.....gonna be interesting when they start treeing cougars instead of coons

Great quote at bottom of your page!!

[Spanky]

thanks Clyde.....

[Farmhand]

Don't know about that one, but there have been been many "sightings" recently, mostly unsubstantiated. Most have been large bobcats when it was boiled right down. A man showed me some pics he took of a "mountain lion". In about half a second I could see that it was bobcat. He claimed the Game Commission was cutting the tails off to fool the general public. OK, come on, Buddy.