big cat sighting

i was coming home from foxwoods. it was broad daylight and i was just passing mystic pizza II. i live in RI and take the back roads. there was a large cat that ran right in front of my car. i hit the brakes and watched in awe! i am an animal lover and never have seen a cat this big out side of a zoo. it meandered across the road and it's paws were the size of a small house cat. i have two house cats and two german sheppards. this was amazing! i was stopped in the middle of the road and watched in total amazement even as the car horns hanked from behind. i did not budge until i could no longer see this beautiful animal. maybe it was a bobcat, i don't know what it was. i could probably identify it better with picture comparisons. it was not the size of the cat on the gurney table for autopsy in picture from the article. this cat was maybe 65 pounds of solid muscle. there is no doubt about what i saw! i consider myself blessed to have seen such a wonderful animal so close up. amazing! so whatever the genus/species i witnessed a big cat and this was the chance of a lifetime.