Simsbury on Hopmeadow/Granby area
leaving work at 1502 Hopmeadow St at 7 pm last night I caught a cat in my headlights starting to cross rt 10/202. legs big and strong looking. all i could think of was a tiger or lion. it looked like and moved like a lion i would see on national geographic channel. it was …
Drove up about 100 feet from a young moutain lion
My husband this morning called me from Bennetts Bridge Road in Sandy Hook, CT - not far from our home - he was driving towards route 34 and there was a mountain lion on Bennetts Bridge walking across the street. Long tail about the size length wise of a 8 year old long tail the …
Possible sighting near Washington, CT
I am not familiar with the area nor was I familiar with the possible sightings. I had dropped a student off at the Gunnery school and was traveling on church hill road near poppy swamp road. (not exactly sure but looking on google maps I believe this is the area). It was dusk on Monday …
Fitting name to town park
I received a call at work one day this past summer of 2012 around late July from my wife who was out of breath and very frantic. She was walking our Rottie/Shepard mix at Cat Hollow Park in Danielson, CT. when the dog lagged behind her by several yards. She turned to call him and …
Salisbury Mt Lion sighting?
After hiking Bear Mtn in Salisbury, CT in October, 2012, I saw a large animal cross Rt 41. It was a uniform brownish gray color and was larger than a golden retriever dog. I did not notice the tail. I’m reasonably sure it was a cougar. Isn’t it time to clear up this mystery? Too …
Sighting in East Hampton
I was traveling home around midnight on November 25, 2012. I was on Rt. 66 in East Hampton near Champion Hill Rd. I did not see the face, but there was no mistaking the body. The tail was long and curled up at the end. The body was tan colored and it stood around 2-3 …
Mountain Lion Sighting country club East Granby ct
11/23/2012 around 2:00AM, coming home on country club lane(across from copper hill golf course), it ran in front of me. It was was surprising how big it was, definitely not a bobcat.
Early evening
I work on Research Parkway in Meriden. I was leaving our building on Deerfield Lane around 6:30 pm. I was getting dark outside. As I pulled up to the stop sign I saw a large cat crossing the road in front of me about 50 yards away. I rolled fight through the stop sign with …
Dead Cat on Rt. 2 Several Years Ago
Several years ago, my wife and I were traveling west down Rt 2, and we saw what was almost certainly a dead mountain lion on the side of the highway, between exit 10 and exit 12 (Glastonbury/Marlborough area). We got off the exit, and came back around again to get another look, but were unable …
Mountain lion (?) Bugbee woods, West Hartford
In 2008, my daughter (who has an obsessive knowledge of wildlife in the area) saw a single very large, tan cat-like animal with a long tail at the edge of the Bugbee woods near Bugbee school in West Hartford. This was during the school day. She was about ten at the time. She said that …
