HomeNew Canaan/ Norwalk on 15NB
I saw a big cat, consistent in stature and color with a cougar, on the mowed side of the Merritt Parkway northbound, somewhere between exits 37 and 38. This happened last night, 9/29/15 at around 2am. It had been a wet night but was not raining at the time. There were also many deer out last night.
I was the only car on the road. It was aware that I was approaching and was trotting in a feline manner away from the road, towards the treeline, as if to escape detection. It picked up its pace the closer I got to it, I only saw it for about 4 seconds. It may have been interested in something close to where the asphalt started. I never saw it on the road, it was off to the side. I don't believe it had crossed, I feel I would have seen it do so.
I at first thought it was a medium- large dog until I saw that its musculature and walk were definitely feline. Too small to be a fox and the wrong shape/ no bushy tail.
December 4th, 2015 - 15:20
Big cats such as mountain lion prefer isolated remote areas, in all these supposedly sightings I’ve read on your site, are from people traveling on roadways or in their very own neighborhoods which are’nt adjacent to any type of large remote forest areas which a reclusive predator such as a moutain lion / cougar would call home. I grew up in Connecticut & spend part of every week either hunting or hiking the very Northwest corner of this state, which has the largest, highest, isolated land parcels in the state & have seen numerous black bear & even moose but have never even seen any sign of a mountain lion. I’ve lived in Colorado & have seen & tracked Mountain lion in the snow, so I have actual experience in what I’m looking at. The Northwest corner in Connecticut is as remote as it get’s & I’m 53 & spend more time in a year in the woods than most people are ever going to spend our there. If there not up there ,it’s hard to believe their down in the suburbs.
December 7th, 2015 - 11:00
That’s a myth that cougars are only in “isolated areas”. Cougars go where deer are. Deer populations are not in highly remote areas. The story you are spinning has been given over and over, and its silly. Out in Michigan, hunters made that argument for years, namely “we aren’t seeing them, so they aren’t here”. Well a bunch of “crazy” people that were among those that sighted them put out an army of game cams. After a herculean effort spanning some years, they finally got a photo. Turns out there are a good number of cougars there, right where the hunters said it was impossible. Now dozens of confirmations. Look at the nearby confirmations, Mataunuck RI, Milford Ct, Belchertown, MA, urban Quebec (had to remove it from a town) , etc. When you get low population levels, they become very hard to see, track, and photograph. But hang in there, that’s going to change over the next decade or so. The southern Canadian provinces are racking up confirmations at a record rate.
December 7th, 2015 - 14:18
Another Michigan confirmation by the way now:
https://www.facebook.com/thecougarnetwork/photos/a.1598802120332781.1073741830.1587285134817813/1700708480142144/?type=3&theater
December 21st, 2015 - 16:39
Fairfield ct. too, Aug 15th 2015 5:40 P.M
December 24th, 2015 - 21:34
Who was it confirmed by? The Michigan one is from the state wildlife agency. The one in CT claims there are none here still.