It turned & was gone in seconds. Other cars must have seen it as well. It stood crouched and waved a tail as long as it's body. Deer hunting off of HWY 19 E. From large wooded area near deer stand a large dark tan cat resembling a bobcat with a long tail walked under stand toward a pond over the next hill. It is thought these sounds are made by the females to indicate they are in heat and ready to mate, while if the male screams it is to get the attention of females over other male rivals. It was broad daylight and their view was unobstructed. Dear_Occupant 8 yr. ago They hunt by stealth, often at dawn/dusk or at night, and often will surprise their prey from behind in an ambush. near one mile road and stweart creek, Sunday april 17-2011 I was cutting grass at this property at 3 pm and someone was burning brush on the other side of the creek and I looked up and about 50 yards away on the creek bank it came out of the heavy brush and went about 25 yards and went back in the brush along the creek bank,I tried to get my phone to take a picture but could not, in time, it was not running it just walked out of the brush and then back in, I just was amazed at it and notice that it had a small white tip on its tail.and was a golden brown in color. All this happened around 4:30pm . He was the color of dried wheat or a tan. Mountain lions have been dispersing away from these population areas, and researchers recently mapped all confirmed mountain lion observations from 1990-2008 (LaRue et al. Mountain lions are very adaptable to different types of environments, which is why they are so widespread across North and South America. 100 lbs., and had a long thick tail. I submitted earlier about my daughter Julia seeing the big cat, but forgot to give you the year and area. It went along the edge of the woods and then disappeared into the shade of a stand of trees. I told my father, who is from this area for over 60 years what I saw, and he said "no-way. Wild mountain lions' presence within Tennessee disputed. I was driving down Matheny road when a cougar crossed the road in front of me. Will be interested to see what's on em when I make my first run for the season. The photo must be authentic. They also put me in my local Wilson County agent's voicemail. she lived in canadian woods and saw them often as a child. I wanted to get close to it to have a good look. 2:00pm afternoon driving down driveway (close to a mile long driveway) it came out of the creek onto the bridge and started walking up my driveway. What I saw did not have a short tail, but a long one. It was not a bobcat. Saw 2 cougars walking along beaver creek in the wooded area. 51 going towards south fulton tenn. Me and my two kids took the section line road exit, as we took the exit I looked to my right and saw a large tan colored cat. Sitting in field of tall grass surrounded by woods, 100 yds off the road. It was hard to tell what it was until I got right up next to it and it raised its head. The young may stay with their mother for as long as 26 months, but usually separate after about 15 months. Got a video. Highway 99 approaching Allens Creek intersection. The Susquehannock Wildlife Society wrote an article about a potential cougar photograph submitted to them and discussed their process of investigation, in the end they deemed it was not a mountain lion. I told the others, "That looks like a cougar! Mountain lions are territorial and solitary. I've heard many screech owls and bobcats, but this was much louder, almost ear splitting. The cat wasted no time melting into the shadows. I took a terrible picture with a cheap cellphone camera. This was the most amazing thing I have ever seen! After examining the photo and taking measurements in House's backyard, Skoglund came to the conclusion that he believes the cat in the photo is either a large house cat or some other kind of exotic cat that got out of containment. We both have over 40 years experience predator calling and other types of hunting and outdoor activity. I would not try to guess weight, but best I recollect it was not real big as compared to other pics I have seen of cougars in searches I have done. It scared me at first. We were driving westbound on Walnut Grove in the Shelby Farms area tonight. It had a long tail and shorter ears. At first, I didn't want to report it for fear of being thought crazy but now I know my mother and I are not "losing it." I have pictures if you would like to see e-mail LighthouseLabs@aol.com. As it ran away the head turned to look at me. These animals have plenty to eat in the wild, and if left alone will stay clear of us in most cases. The cat then darted from one side of the road to the other. I have seen 3 cougars in the Brownsville and Concord area. 50 ft in fron of me and stopped and looked and slowly walked across the field into the fencerow weather condition was bright sunshine. My wife thought I was nuts until it moved into an opening.The cougar creep out of the tall saige grass into a opening. After describing what I had seen to several friends at work, it became obvious that I had seen some type of cougar! Another feature of the cat was the large fat tail and the face stand out to me to this day. I had been seeing some very large tracks prior to this sighting and thought it might be a mountain lion. He came out and checked the camera and told us that he had to send the film off but that was the last we heard of him. It was browish-gray in color. Its not a bobcat or a house /domestic cat. I'd never given it much thought, but after my sighting I'm personally convinced that the 'Critter' was a lone and aging cougar who'd become isolated from others of his kind. The area where I saw it is now being developed by Beazer (Villages of Riverwood) so it's habitat is shrinking rapidly. A hunter saw one at the end of our road last winter which he estimated weight about 125lbs, thats larger than any I have seen but yet I don't doubt his story. I was driving home on Highway 179 about a mile and a half from town when it ran across the road about forty yards in front of me.It ran from a field and made two jumps and it was across the road and kept running into another field and kept going. (9/23/14)Last night, it was about 6 PM when I saw a fawn colored animal walk out of the backwoods of our property. We live on 21 acres of creek from ridges and caves. the cat leaped from the road up on to a bank over twice his length in one leap. 10/05/2011 I was driving down 104 going out of Lexington looking for property, I turned down a road to the left just after a trucking/stable place on the right. This is the first time I've ever seen a cougar or heard of a cougar being in the Middel TN area. I thought it was cool seeing it run across the field. I screenshotted my phone a few seconds later so Id remember the area I was in. The cat was long, thick and muscular with a long tail. It was a very sleek, beautiful animal. As I got closer I could tell it was a cougar. There was a situation about a decade ago where one was killing off small dogs/pet on Big Ridge for a few weeks. Billy Bell (as told to Rob Martin of Halls, TN), Gates (1 1/2 miles west of Gates along Hwy 180), TN. Many people report hearing shrieks in the night and think those sounds are made by mountain lions, but almost always these "blood-curdling screams" are made by other animals. At 7:45 am Monday , February 1, 2010 my dogs began to bark, I looked out the window thinking it was just the deer of which we have quite a few. He/she turned a couple times and looked in my direction then walked into the woods. I originally came from San Diego Co. CA. 1Every year in the U.S. an average of 26 human deaths are the result of dog attacks, 3 deaths from bear attacks, 12 deaths from rattlesnake bites, 40 deaths from bee stings, and 90 deaths from lightning strikes. Only the tracks. There was zero confusing this animal with a bobcat or domestic cat. My daughter's husband saw one a few days later late at night in front of our house after getting in his car and turning on the headlightsit was about 4ft in front of his car looking at him. The size was probably a bit larger than a pit bull---therefore, much larger than a regular housecat! While there are still several thousand mountain lions in the wild, their population has significantly decreased from their historical population due to unsustainable hunting, habitat destruction, and conflicts with livestock. I am pretty sure it had a long tail and probably weighed about 80 lbs. Texas definitely has mountain lions, however just how many is unknown. According to lab results, the mountain lion killed in 2014 most likely originated in the Black Hills breeding population of Wyoming and South Dakota. In 2018, TWRA released a video of a seven-foot alligator spotted at the Wolf River WMA in Fayette County. believe it was stalking me before i spotted it. Instead it jumped directly behind our car. . The first time it was early morning just at daybreak, I was at the time a real avid Coyote hunter abd I was set up next to a creek that runs close to my house. Location is in NE Henry county, a mile south of Blood River drainage swamp, 15 miles NE of Paris, TN and 15 miles SW of Murray, KY. email me if you want a copy of the photo. I was about 50 yards away and just kept on my way. Despite these large numbers, they stay in the wilderness and encounters with humans have been rare. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. It seemed too brown colored to me, but then I realized it was probably wet from the vegetation in the field, as I had just observed that our willow tree had a lot of wet dew sparkling in the sun. There continue to be sightings and it is likely a transient mountain lion roams through on rare occasions. I never told anybody until one afternoon, early (probably around 3 P.M.) my wife and son were with me when we rounded a curve and there was one about 18 inches to maybe 2 feet in length in the gravel road rolling in the dust! In mid June of 2006, I saw a large animal (in broad daylight) that I first thought was a large dog in my neighbor's driveway. About two weeks later I am pretty sure I saw this one or another one at the 34 mile marker. They wwere both avid hunters and outdoorsman. I cross the floodways and take TT to the South which leads me into Gosnell as i proceed to Blytheville for work. Upon reaching the other side of the road, the animal turned its head as in no fear and looked at my vehicle and calmly went into the woods. I was heading East on Macon past Germantown Parkway. There was no doubt that what we had seen was a cougar. At about 11pm the neighbors donkey began to bay wildly, thrashing and kicking the steel fence. It then veered off the road at a driveway/field entrance, and I followed into the head of the driveway and stopped. The entire incident lasted maybe 3 seconds. When he realized I had spotted him he stood up and trotted off into a wooded area about 30 yards away. This cat had a height of a new born baby calf, lengh of about three to three and half feet long not counting the tail. I have been an avid outdoorsman for over 40 years. At present they are only found around the Caloosahatchee River / southwest of lake Okeechobee in southern Florida. We have seen them before and have no doubt. In the spring of 2007 my mother in law was walking her dog late at night and shined her spotlight down toward her pond where she saw a cougar walking on a fallen tree that jutted out into the water. Holly Springs (about 7 miles north on Highway #7), MS. About 2:30 A.M. on August 26 2002, a black cougar crossed the highway immediately in front of my vehicle. Once last christmas (2019). Experts say there is habitat for them in the Appalachians today, and as the western mountain lions continue to slowly roam to the east, they could one day return more permanently to Virginia. There have been some confirmed sightings in Tennessee. I got an excellent look at it this time and there is no doubt that it was a cougar. I thought at first it was a bobcat until it turned to run away and I saw it's long tail. I saw it the first time on Winding Ridge Road, just west of Glen Harris Road. I looked out my bathroom window one afternoon and saw what I first thought was a large stray dog. I sped up to follow, DIRECTLY off of his right right side (like a wingman in a flight formation). LARGE CAT - bones or small animals, dogs and deer found near sighting and in trees. About 100 pounds or so. Just like their neighbor Virginia, there is no breeding population of mountain lions in West Virginia. It ran through the field into the brush at the edge of the farm. It was brown & looked like a young cat. The sounds and the attacks were variously blamed on feral peacocks (! A heavey deer populated area. he was on a dead end road that leads to a grave yard. It was running on the pavement. I saw something tan colored, thinking it was a deer. It sat there for 3 or 4 mins looking in my direction before going back in the woods. The 2 Types of Wild Cats in Tennessee. Nov.6,2015 I was on my way to work around 0335 hours. It stayed there around 30 -45 seconds turning it's head almost 180 degrees as it surveyed the valley. It was three times the size of a house cat. In the entire United States, the only species of black cat is the black bobcat population that has a home in the state of Florida. Because Tennessee law protects all animals for which no hunting season is proclaimed, the cougar is protected in Tennessee. I told my parents that it looked like a lion. Mountain lions were expatriated from the state in the early 1900s. Black markings decorate the tip of the tail, ears, and around the snout. Was seen from the side of the road near a horse pasture. Simply amazing! It was mid-thigh in height, tan in color, tail about 15-20 inches in length. On hwy 350 approx. I am 100% sure of what I saw and this was a cougar. Then I noticed that it was some kind of very large cat with a long tail. One year ago now, during the fall of 2020, at dusk, I had just turned off of Walnut Grove Rd and was traveling north bound on Houston Levee Road. Christ-Centered He turned and backed into the woods. My mom lives in the area, so I get an opportunity to look around over there several times each year. This cat WAS NOT either of them. As it turned to walk away from me, I saw a tail that was as long as its body and I immediately knew what it was. Most people I told think I'm making this up but seeing is believing and there ARE BIG CATS in the Loosahatchie River Basin!!! I would guess that is weight was around a hundred fifty pounds. When I first moved here, I was a city girl, the neighbor told me when you see the black cats don't panic. Suddenly, a big cat became visible and crossed the road about 30 feet in front of my car. it was about 6-8 feet from the house sitting next to the swingset. However, most likely a recent attack on most likely a coyote might be making some reconsider. I have heard the old timers talk of panthers, and have heard "screams" from deep in the woods near the river but this was my first big cat sighting. Then I got a closer look at it. I was cycling on the Natchez Trace, when suddenly a large cat emerged from the brush over to the left and came down onto the road to cross just as I was approaching. Thanks! Sometimes, they would leave the barn, go to the ditch and turn and run back. We were traveling . A study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management in 2012 compiled confirmed locations of cougars collected outside of their established range during 1990-2008. I saw a cougar on Matheny Rd., Dresden, Weakley County, Tn. i have seen cougars before and this was the largest cougar i have seen. The grass is tall where he went so I couldn't see his tail. This looked nothing like them. Definitely mountain lions, although they are incredibly rare, and typically stay well away in the middle of nowhere mountains to the east. The scary part is that where it came from was a neighborhood. It was big and sleek with medium brown short fur, long muscular legs, and a long tail with short fur. I came around a cormer and about 75 to 100 yards from me was what i thought to be a big bobcat, but when it turned to enter the fencerow I noticed it had a long tail draging the ground. I run with my dog, Jake, several times a week at the Powell road park (site of the Collierville Community Center). I had never seen something move so fast before. As we traveled east on Clear Creek road, I was looking in the fields on the right as we approached Evans road. It walked towards me and stopped when it spotted me. Please respond to E-mail: epuma@beaconnet.net or call: 304-749-7778 or write: HC 30, Box 2233, Maysville, WV 26833. I've checked that spot every time I pass it since, but no more cougars to date. We have looked at pictures to be sure. They in turn notified Wildlife Officials. Driving south on Old Salem Rd, turned east on Hwy 99. The only farmer in the area who raised sheep (his last name was Farmer) reported several instances in which his animals were attacked and their backs scratched up. I was on the second lead horse, and for a slit second my reaction was "that's the largest bobcat I've ever seen," but as the animal made a graceful, silent leap across the shadowy trail, there was no mistaking that silhouette for anything but a cougar. I've seen plenty of Bobcats and coyotes out here so I know 100% it wasn't one of those. The population is considered zero with perhaps the occasional transient visitor. Honestlyit was kinda exciting to see something like that. This article written in 2020 has a good wrap up of the current mountain lion status in North Dakota. It was a mountain lion. I will probably never see another, but I feel lucky to have witnessed such a beautiful creature. It was almost like a combination roar and screech. Large dog tracks are often mistaken for cougar tracks. It definitely was not a bobcat. I am new to TN and this was the most awesome experience with nature Ive had. I live in the community of Springbrook in Madison County TN, and was pulling into my drive way at about 5:15 A.M. sometime in April when I saw a black panther run from infront of my house and into the woods. Its body appeared to be 3 to 3 1/2 ft. long, and the tail was almost as long as the body. It was standing sideways to our position so that we had a full view of its head and tail. The time was about 8:00 pm on November 25, 2004. I live near the Shelby farms park and I live near the wooded area. There is a subdivision up on a hill just above where I saw the cat. I did call the TWRA off in Jackson, TN and asked about the presence of cougars in Weakley County. November 04- Around 8:30pm. About that time I realized I could be in danger and immediately left the area. This powerful predator ranges from 5 to 8 feet in total length and weighs from 70 to 250 pounds, with males being bigger than females. But as I watched, I noticed this cat was much longer than the build of a typical housecat, and had a very long tail. This took place in October of 2008. I notice 2 animals on the west side of the highway about 100 yards from the road. By preserving enough wilderness to support a stable mountain lion population, countless other species of plants and animals that share mountain lion habitat benefit. Had to be about 2.5-3ft tall and was brownish-tan in color. I took the 385 exit going to Arlington off of I40 and to the right there was a very large cat headed to a field with a few turkey. My family and I moved here in 2006, purchasing 40+ acres near Browntown Rd off Hwy 70while the land was being cleared, this big beautiful cat emerged from the woods and crossed the path that would soon be my driveway. It is approximately 4" long and 3" wide. This all happened in a few seconds. I drove past it in the 2nd row of the corn field. Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, people feared the mountain lion because it posed a risk to their livestock. I can't remember if I was more on the Rutherford county side or the Williamson County side. I braked as I thought I may hit it. My wife and I have lived in a lot of remote places. Grew up in east tn I know what bear, bobcat, and any other native wildlife in the area and what their tracks look like. I hope everyone will leave it alone and keep safe at the same time. A large cat crossed in front of my car and went into the open field. This is an older report that I have kept to myself for years back in 2005 I was deer hunting on my uncles property during the month of November, 2005 I was setting in my tree stand and looking up the field line I noticed this large tan brownish/ with a whitish under skin for hair cat walking up the field line I estimate that the weight of this cat had to be close to 150 to 200 pounds. This cougar was sighted on Sunday - June 10, 2007 at about 2 PM. OutdoorHub Reporters 12.09.15 For the first time in over a century, Tennessee officials say that mountain lions may be returning to the state. I thought the cubs were squirrels till I noticed the brown color and the way they jumping and playing.My jack russel chased them off and seconds later a large cat (100lbs+) appeared and growled and my dog came running towards the house. Periodically we would whisper to each other making sure that we were seeing the same thing, like did you just see it jump? and it just laid down.you see that? It was a magnificent moment we will never forget. Next to a small bridge was standing a large cat-definitely a panther. I have several to tell. This expansion does not equate to population establishment. I know it knew I was there, because it had to hear the diesel engine running. first sighting fall 2011 again in jan. 2012. Where it landed on the camper top, it was dented in as if a grown man had fell onto it. I was about thirty five to forty yards away this scared me to death I never hunted this area again after seeing this I can give a more detailed mapped account feel free to call me. It had a long tail, so I knew instantly that it wasn't a bobcat. I carry a camera everywhere I go now. The aspect of the return of the onetime apex predator to Tennessee strikes fear in some and exultation in others. Wild Cats in Tennessee. I instinctively slammed on the breaks and luckily was able to stop in time. Being from the Pacific Northwest, I'm used to seeing Mountain Lions, so I am absolutely certain it was a mountain lion (cougar). It was really something to see. Closer inspection proved it to be a large cat of some sort. On a spring day in 2020, I went for a drive down boydsville road toward KY. After I crossed Hwy 89, I, along with my daughter and a friend, spotted a large cat standing in a field. As I watched the animal, it suddenly jumped straight up into the air and appeared to pounce on something I could not see, down in the grass. We're home to five men's and six women's athletics teams and a variety of intramural sports opportunities. It was just there. We are putting up a fence on the acreage so I was out there about 7:45 this morning checking out the t-post ( fencing not up yet) I had 4 little dogs with me. When he looked up at me I froze and screamed. Watched everynight after that hoping we would see it again, but have not. I continued up the road and turned around and coasted back to the spot where the cat stood up and walked off to the woods. Larger than a bobcat, but not fully grown. It was probably 4/26/11 that appears to be the date on the picture. It was on the right side of the road. But it sorta stuck in my mind that the animal looked low to the ground and ran across the road in a rather undulating motion, unlike a deer. Looked to be around 4ft. (deer corn, fruit, salt lick). I never thought I would have that type of experience near a fresh gut pile. And now after talking to them and seeing this web site, there is no doubt in my mind that it was a black panther. I had just walked over the Wolf River pedestrian bridge close to Humphries Blvd. Mountain lions can breed year-round. I was scouting for the upcoming 2010 Kentucky Turkey season. I had the veterinarian coming or I would have called a wildlife person to come then. We both saw a cougar. I had always heard that these animals exists, but until that day I did not believe it. It was not a fox. My youngest daughter, Julia was returning home from work one night about midnight, preparing to turn into our driveway when she slammed on her breaks. At a slow speed "trot" it hopped using both back feet at the same time, then the front two feet at the same time. Mountain lions at the poles are larger than those found at the equator. In an area where the road cuts a through a hill, I noticed a large fawn colored animal cross the road. This is very errie to think these animals may live in the woods around us. TWRA plans to monitor the natural expansion of the cougar from the western US as it pertains to Tennessee. Until this night My husband and I had never saw one. He immediately went back into the building out of fear and my boss attempted to take a photo with his iphone was the cat casually stolled away. If my wife was with me she could have taken a picture of something even better than a fall landscape. According to the state wildlife division, there have only been 3 credible mountain lion sightings in the last 25 years. 615-447-2500, Germantown / Memphis Campus viewing time appx 5 sec. Near the border of Tennessee and Kentucky. i saw it when it crossed a small cove in the end of the field. It was huge with a very long tail.. I ran to get the binoculars. Black Mountain Section Description: Rock work on the 2013 realignment from RT 68 to Windlass Cave. It was about halfway up the steep rock face, carefully picking its way upward. It was during the day, around 2pm on 11/30/13. We were stunned. Because we find large cat tracks infrequently we believe these cats are just passing through and not local residents. The animal landed on the white line on the opposite side of the road, and then right in front of me. I've heard several stories just like mine from the gulf coast area over the years and am a firm believer in this 'mystery' animal. I have made plaster of paris casts of other tracks we have found. I saw the animal for 4-5 seconds at a distance of 65-75 feet. I stopped and was about to get out of the truck when I saw two eyes glowing from the headlight beams. It was approx. The cat stood looked at us for a moment and walked into the trees. Out of the corner of my eye I saw movement in the weeds on the side of the road; I immediately thought ofthe possibility of a deer crossing my path and did not increase my speed. and a large dark brown colored cat ran across the path about 15 yds. It wasnt far from the biking trails that are along the wolf river. Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world, Inspire a lifelong connection with wildlife and wild places through our children's publications, products, and activities, National Wildlife Federation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Looked like a cougar but do we have cougars around here? There are no known mountain lions in North Carolina. It looked like it weighed about 75 pounds. Mountain Lions have a status of extirpated in Alabama, there have been no confirmed sightings in the state in over 50 years. First, I just thought it was a deer, then I realized it was a Cougar. Interstate 40W close close to smith county line, TN. We're on the ground in seven regions across the country, collaborating with 52 state and territory affiliates to reverse the crisis and ensure wildlife thrive. It looked around as if scanning it`s surroundings, then entered a field in front of me, i lost sight of it then due to the heavy vegatation. 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