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28Aug/111

Lion by pool

Just looked outside and there was a mountain lion sitting next to my pool slide, looks to be about 3 feet tall just as big as one of my german shepherds. It just got up and walked away. We live next to a main road that is very busy so didn’t expect to see a …

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28Aug/110

I SEEN ONE!

I AM DEFF. SURE I SAW ONE THIS PAST WEEK, WE WORK DOING LANDSCAPING SO ME AND MY GUYS WERE WORKING WHILE I WAS WALKING THRU A DRIVE WAY IN A HOUSE WHEN I SAW ONE COMING OUT THE WOODS WAS HUGEEE I AM SURE WAS A COUGAR IT WAS REAL BIGGG!!!! NO LIE! THEN …

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28Aug/110

Cornwall , Mohawk mountain lion

August 17th. My lady friend who goes to Mohawk mountain boat launch to walk her dog on the trails was driving down Eli Bunker rd and the dog started going nuts. Ahead of her in the road was a mountain lion. Tail as long as it’s body. It crossed the road into the woods. Needless …

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26Aug/111

There’s a mountain lion in the backyard!

A couple evenings ago my wife and I were watching deer in our field. As I’m looking at the deer with binoculars, she yells “THERE’S A MOUNTAIN LION IN THE BACKYARD”!! Sure enough, CLEAR AS DAY, there is a mountain lion sitting in our backyard, maybe 50-60 feet from us. I looked at it through …

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25Aug/110

Newtown, CT

Driving northwards on Old Mill Road in Newtown/Sandy Hook, a cougar crossed the road in front of me and headed down the embankment towards Warner Pond. I was a few 100 ft away, but am positive it was a cougar.

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25Aug/110

Bethany

Sightings occurred July 2011 - Although we have not officially seen the mountain lion; our neighbors have. The DEP finally came out because of so many calls. They could not confirm nor deny that mountain lions exist in CT. Of our neighbors, one neighbor is a farmer and the other a vet; both of whom …

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24Aug/112

1st customer at Lemonade Stand

My kids and I were setting up a Lemonade stand on our street in Shelton. (We live near a reservoir on the Trumbull line) My son fell and cut his hand so we were headed back to the house at the end of a cul-de-sac for a band-aid. I was looking down while walking, my …

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21Aug/1111

White Memorial Boardwalk Sighting.

On 8-21-11, about 7:30 estimated time, I was yards away from a full-sized mountain lion on the bridge at the boardwalk in White Memorial Park Conservation Center. I stood still, it turned its head and spotted me, but turned away and walked slow down the boardwalk. When it was farther away, and moved to the …

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21Aug/110

2nd Siting in East haven

Follow up to 8/5 siting: 8/13 seen again just inside the edge of the words behind my house near airport in East Haven. A friend of the family has told me she saw “something” very fast, chase and capture a domestic cat on the other side of my woods. I’m convinced.

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20Aug/110

Hamden - Mt. Carmel

At 9:05pm, tonight, driving on West Woods Rd between Shepard Rd and Rt.10 spotted a lion running across the road. Didn’t know they were in area.

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19Aug/111

Possible cougar in Bristol

Yesterday (8/18/11) around 7 pm, I opened my garage door getting ready to leave. Standing near the brush toward the end of my lawn was a wild cat. I’d estimate that he stood about 18-24 inches at the shoulders, with brownish fur. He stared at me with his tail slowly swaying back and forth. I …

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