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Possible Mountain Lion Sighting - Thompson
I believe I saw a Mountain Lion crossing West Thompson Rd in Thompson this afternoon while motorcycle riding. I noticed what I thougt to be a very large Cat, about as big as a medium sized dog, crossing the street about 75 yards in front of me. I slowed down to look at it as I approached where it had crossed, and that's when I noticed it standing on a stone wall that headed into the woods. It stopped breifly to look at me and then I saw it jump of the wall and dissapeared. I swore to my family this evening that it looked like a mountain lion, however I really didn't think that was possible in this area. However after seeing the other sightings in very close proximity to where this happened, now I'm not so sure. Thanks.
April 26th, 2012 - 17:04
Not a Mountain lion. Bobcats are the size of medium sized dogs, Mountain lions are much larger then most any dog breed. They are 7-8 ft in length and over 150 lbs.
April 26th, 2012 - 20:41
May not have been a mountain lion, but it certainly wasn’t a bobcat, it had a long curling tail. I also highly doubt that mountain lions are born 7-8 feet in length, leaving one to reason whatever it was might not have been full grown. Given many experts say this animal is no longer in existance in CT, I still am full of doubt that what I saw was a mountain lion, but it was the closest thing I could find. When I saw there have been several other supposed sighting in that same Thompson Dam area, I figured I’d share.
April 27th, 2012 - 11:47
Bobcats sometimes have longer tails:)
January 9th, 2016 - 14:51
Bobcats have short stubby tails,the cat seen had a long tail.Could have been a juvenile Cougar.
January 9th, 2016 - 14:54
This comment is in regards to Shawn’s statement .