Sighting in Windham

I live in Scotland, just over the Windham line. On Tuesday, May 29th at about 4:15 pm I was traveling down Back Rd in the vicinity of Old Brooklyn Tpke when I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. Sure a white tail deer was going to jump in front of me, I slowed down to a crawl. From the side of the road jumped an enormous cat, long and lean, dark tan in color, long tail. If I had to guess I'd say about 65-70 pounds or so, based on the size of my dog and comparing sizes. It paused to look at my car approaching and then trotted across the street. I stopped where I saw it enter the woods and it had paused again, watched me closely for a few moments, and then leapt over a stone wall and up about 5 or 6 feet up the side of a tree. It climbed the tree quickly and disappeared from view.

As soon as I could get to a computer I looked up pictures to see what it could be. Bobcats, fishers, coyotes and deer are regularly seen in my area and I am very familiar with how all of those animals look. This, in my opinion, could only be a young or female moutain lion. It was not as big as what I read they can get, but it was no house cat. Bobcat is out because of the tail and the lack of markings on its fur. If I hadn't of had such a good look at it, I might have convinced myself I saw something else. I have no doubt in my mind I saw a moutain lion.