Mountain Lion sighting in Bethel
I was returning to the Stony Hill area from shopping in Brookfield on Sept. 6, 2011 at about 1:30 PM via Vale Road. I had just passed under the second old railroad bridge (single lane with stop sign both directions) and was proceeding up the hill. A large cat (certainly not your typical domestic kitty) …
Believe I heard a cougar
At 10 PM, as I closed up my puppies, dogs, a mare and filly in the barn, I heard a very large animal chorteling, sounded like a 800 pound raccoon. I then found the sound on line….for cougar. The next morning, I noticed a large patch of broken crushed plants where something quite large had …
Mountain Lions Threaten New England Residents
For decades we’ve heard stories about man’s encroachment on nature, well in an ironic twist it appears nature has begun to encroach on man. It used to be when you thought of wild animals like mountain lions, wolves and coydogs, images of pristine wilderness deep in Alaska came to mind, not New England.
What the $%$*! was that?
Today, Sept 3, 2011, I was heading out to run some errands. We live on the boarder of Salem and Colchester, CT. I was headed toward route 354, a main road that connects the 2 towns, when I saw what I thought was a deer crossing the road. I slowed down and thats when my …
Mountain Lion in New Milford
I was sitting outside on my back deck when I noticed a mountain lion crossing my backyard. When I got up-it noticed me-we made eye contact and it headed off into the woods. It did not rush off-just strolled…
Sighting in Burlington, CT 08/31/11
I was driving down Rt 69 in Burlington on Wednesday around noon and saw a Mountain Lion in the road eating road kill. As I approached with my car he ran into the woods quickly. It was about 100lbs, light tan with a long tail.
Newtown Sighting.
Wife and I were driving home from some last minute shopping before Hurricane Irene on Saturday Aug 27th around 10:00AM when she spotted something off to the side of a driveway on 100 Acers rd. I stopped and backed up and it was still there. We both saw it from about 75 yards, in the …
Mountain Lion sighting - Pawcatuck
Driving home tonight I saw a mountain lion sort of leaping cross the road. My first thought was that it was a fox as we have a family of foxes in the neighborhood. The way it moved was different and the tail was long and not at all full. The color seemed to be tannish …
Mountain Lion in Torrington, CT
While walking my dog early one morning in a Torrington, CT industrial park I saw a mountain lion. We were walking up a hill and the mountain lion was crouched down on the road at the crest of the hill. I’ve spent time in the woods and have seen bobcats, coyotes, etc.. This WAS a …
Sighting on 08/30/11 in Burlington
This morning at 11:40, while driving to a doctor’s appointment I saw a mountain lion run across George Washington Tpke near the intersection of Belden Rd, in the direction of the fish hatchery. It ran across about 100 feet in front of me, was reddish-brown in color, maybe about 100 lbs, and had a tail …
Alain White Road - Morris
We spotted a Mountain Lion crossing Alain White Road on the Morris/ Litchfield line….It was just getting dark and he jump from the woods to the middle of the road and one more jump into the woods on the other side….I can’t recall the date perfectly but it was around the 3rd or 4th week …
