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Cougar sighted in Colchester
Two sightings of a cougar in town today… First sighting was in the morning at the Lake Hayward 4 corners area of Colchester by Fedus Rd. A second sighting was made in the afternoon by a resident on West Road in her backyard of a Mother with a cub walking through the back yard. Submitted …
Sighting in Colchester Nov. 14, 2012
I saw a large mountain lion crossing rt. 85 in Colchester at 3:25 pm. I was in my car and watch it for about 15-20 sec. No mistaking this for another animal. Large paws,huge shoulders,long tail. It was medium brown, about 2.5 ft tall as it sprinted. It’s length was about 5 ft. Excluding the …
Mtn Lion on the Colchester Spur?
Riding my bike northbound on the Colchester spur of the Airline Trail on Sat 5/19/12 at about 6:00PM - a beautiful warm evening. I was slightly north of the Rt 85 crossing, when off in the distance, maybe 200 or more yards ahead of me I saw a large cat like creature cross the trail …
What the $%$*! was that?
Today, Sept 3, 2011, I was heading out to run some errands. We live on the boarder of Salem and Colchester, CT. I was headed toward route 354, a main road that connects the 2 towns, when I saw what I thought was a deer crossing the road. I slowed down and thats when my …
RT. 11, Exit 6, off ramp, Colchester
It was early afternoon on Aug. 4th and my boys, ages 11 and 13 were getting of Exit 6 off Rt. 11 when a large tan cat, bigger than a bobcat and with a LONG tail that had a slight curl to it came bouncing/running across the off ramp. It will be a sight that …
Cougar in Colchester
I was just driving on McDonald rd in Colchester at 11:00 am and it ran out in front of my car. It was beautiful but scared me as i realized it was a Eastern cougar/mountain lion. Seen August 15, 2010
