Homespotted cougar while fishing farmington river
June 26th,2012. fishing in the farmington river (new Hartford ) appx. 11:00 am I looked upstream and noticed a large cat standing ankle deep in the water on the west side of river. It stood there for a couple of Minutes watching me (it was appx 125 yards away) Then it decided to swim across the river, the current was pushing the cat closer to me and when it exited the water it was appx 60 - 75 yards away. It stood on the gravel bank and shook the water off and watched me for about 15 minutes and then just walked off into the woods. I went up the following week and found some scat in same location. I took many pictures of it and then bagged it and now have it in my fridge waiting to hear back from DEEP. I've been an avid hunter for over 40 years and have shot a couple of Bobcats in that time, this was no Bobcat... I did not see the cat dropping the scat, but I have never seen scat like this, size, girth, etc. in all my years in the woods. Unfortunately, there was not any prints that i could take pictures of.
July 8th, 2012 - 10:00
That sounds like you know what your talking about and your an avid outdoorsman………………..but do you really have cat scat in your fridge? I’m looking for proof of cougars, specifically what I call the route 66 Cougar but that is dedication man……………….
July 9th, 2012 - 13:21
Yes I do have scat in my fridge, still haven’t heard from DEEP. This is the only proof I have.
I have about 12 photos of where I found it. I’d be happy to forward any of the photos to you. Just ell me where to send them
Bill
July 9th, 2012 - 20:43
I believe you, there couldn’t be this many sightings without them being here. I don’t think you will hear from the DEEP. They are not even mentioning the Preston roadkill…… Let me ask you this, from the way you saw it swim, do you think it was comfortable in the river and do you think it could swim the Ct River?……..There is no way I would have scat in my fridge, but my girlfriend thinks I’m a wuss. I hope at least its in the freezer.
July 13th, 2012 - 08:09
You will NOT hear from the DEEP about this. There is a cover up about all of this going on. Freeze the scat or I wouldn’t want to look at it in a few weeks with all the mold on it.
July 13th, 2012 - 09:50
Please post pictures if you have them as you have stated above.