Storm Alfred
During the power outage from Storm Alfred we were Talking to our neighbors about what cell phone companies Were working at the time and after we said we had AT&T And it hadn’t been working than my neighbors’s husband said It was due to a “mountain lion” caught in a barbed fence that surrounded the …
Mountain Lion Sighting in Bloomfield, CT.
On the morning of February 20, 2012, at 6:30 AM, I was heading West on Route 185, approaching the intersection of 185 and route 218 in Bloomfield. I noticed a large shape quickly crossing the road about 50 feet ahead of my vehicle. As I got closer, I saw a mountain lion crossing the road …
Sighting in Woodstock, CT on 2/10/12
I wanted to let you know that yesterday afternoon I was cutting firewood with my cousin on my 20 acres of land in North Woodstock, CT when we spotted a mountain lion. We had taken a brake from cutting and returned to my house which is approximately 100 yards from where we were cutting. As …
Moving to a new host, hopefully will not get hacked again.
Moved site to a new hosting company this week. Over the last few weeks we seem to have been getting hacked every few days. The hack consisted of a string of code added to some of our files, and that code would force mostly Internet Explorer users to redirect to different bad sites. I don’t …
Sighting in Canton
In late spring 5 years ago I was gardening in my back yard in a house I used to live in in Canton. The yard backed up to the hillside of trails end road. What caught my attention was the sound of something large walking slowly through the leaves, and I looked up expecting to …
mountain lion hit on 691
i wanted to report a confirmed mountain lion strike on 691 in southington around 2200 this evening. I have known the tow truck driver for several years who responded. He and the state police confirmed this was a mountain lion. NOT a bobcat or deer. This is the second time in a few months that …
crossing I-84 north
driving north on I- 84 on monday december 12, 2011 around 5 a.m. tannish color jogged with a healthy gait across the lanes left to right probably 50 feet or so ahead of me as i was going 60ish miles an hour. didn’t seem alarmed by the car. probably 130 lbs with a long tail. …
Ansonia Mtn Lion
We were on an Autumn hay ride at the Nature Center in Ansoniam when the driver of the horsedrawn hayride, stopped, turned around and asked me “did you see that?”. I immediately looked ahead of us, and as we passed a dirt path, there it was. A beautiful, large mountain lion walking down the path. …
The Connecticut Mountain Lion Conflict
by Pete Mauerman original article “I think what’s gonna happen is – and it’s just human nature – once somebody gets attacked or has an encounter that they [the United States Fish and Wildlife/Department of Environmental Protection (US F&w/DEP)] can’t cover up…they’re gonna have to do the management plan,” explained Bo Ottman before we entered …
Mountain Lion in Goshen
July 2011: I’ve never seen such a big cat outside a circus or zoo! I was eating breakfast in my kitchen early one morning (about 7 or 7:30 a.m.). My kitchen windows overlook a big, open field at the top of Tamarack Lane. I looked out and saw a large animal trotting along the edge …
March 13, 2012
Mountain lion presentation and showcase the work of the conservation commission during 2011 7PM, MARCH 13, 2012 AT CHOPMIST HILL CENTER Featured speaker - Bill Betty
