Cougar Spotted in Alstead, NH

[Admin]

Just once, I would like to see one person with a half decent camera take a half decent picture
of these (and other) critters in denial by the wildlife professionals.

It seems that all the outdoors enthusiasts are a bunch of morons when it comes to cameras.

I do have a friend that works (volunteers) in one of the NH park systems that swears he has
seen cougar (and he is proficient with a camera) but says he has not had an opportunity to
take a picture just yet,.

From a co-worker in Western, MA

 

[kiver]

From a co-worker in Western, MA

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Holy crap where in wmass

 

[SteelShooter]

From a co-worker in Western, MA

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That is not the droid you are looking for

 

[chiefsaj]

From a co-worker in Western, MA

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That is awesome!!

 

[el duderino]

From a co-worker in Western, MA

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That's no bobcat, they get a better look at the tail to be sure?

 

[strangenh]

Hmm. Like el duderino says, looks like a lion... but hard to tell for sure with the tail like that (why do all these always look like bigfoot quality pics? ), like I suppose it could be a really big bobber, especially with nothing for real scale? Tail seems to be striped (hard to tell but looks short for a lion... but long for a bobcat) and there's what looks like a tuft from the ruff under the neck.

I've seen some really big bobcats this last couple years:

 

[GunGrey]

SSS

 

[Brin747]

I know if I see one, I am telling no one. I do not want the feds intercoursing with our use of the woods.

Exactly!!!

 

[Admin]

Probably a possum.

 

[strangenh]

Gives new meaning to "playing possum."

 

[W.E.C]

Is it weird that when I clicked on this link, I expected to see a picture of a good looking 50something year old???

out of ski season ,a wild one in the new Hampshire woods are rarer then Mrs Bigfoot

 

[BerkshireHunter]

From a co-worker in Western, MA

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When I was in the Berkshires hunting, a local couple who'd live there their whole life matter of factly told me there were Mt. Lions in them thar hills. They each had had multiple sightings, seen footprints, heard stories. I don't doubt it at all, I'm just bummed they're eating all the deer.

Edit- Although, looking at the picture again, I'm not sure that's a lion. The face and tail look a little off.

 

[Admin]

It's not 100% clear

 

[W.E.C]

.

 

[dixidawg]

From a friend of mine

 

[M1911]

That looks like a Lynx to me.

 

[el duderino]

That looks like a Lynx to me.

It does, but that's a pretty big lynx, more than likely a bobcat.

And I'm guessing that was taken in Maine?

 

[horseshoe crab]

A chupacabra was also spotted in Lawrence, MA.

 

[mjfoley412]

From a friend of mine

bobcat all day

 

[KBCraig]

It does, but that's a pretty big lynx, more than likely a bobcat.

..ummwhat? A Canada Lynx is larger than a bobcat. Not that there's a huge difference, both are lynxes.

The wildlife biologists disagree with me and give them different taxological names, but for all practical purposes a lynx is just a long-legged bobcat with a thicker ruff.

 

[Obie1]

I found this in my pond.

 

[el duderino]

A chupacabra was also spotted in Lawrence, MA.

Hoax, turned out to be another sewer rat officially, but I think they're just saying that so the feds don't come in and make them a protected species.

..ummwhat? A Canada Lynx is larger than a bobcat. Not that there's a huge difference, both are lynxes.

The wildlife biologists disagree with me and give them different taxological names, but for all practical purposes a lynx is just a long-legged bobcat with a thicker ruff.

Well now I know, everything I've seen on lynxes have been small maybe less than 25lb.

 

[Ol Doc]

Who still uses a film camera anyway? That alone raises a red flag.

 

[dwarven1]

Who still uses a film camera anyway? That alone raises a red flag.

Quite a few people, actually. Or hadn't you noticed that places like CVS still sell 35mm film?

I just gave my old Canon AE1 to MrsMagnum's sister (currently deployed in the mid-East). Can't wait to see the pix she comes back with.

 

[namedpipes]

A chupacabra was also spotted in Lawrence, MA.

One in Miami, too.

 

[namedpipes]

Who still uses a film camera anyway? That alone raises a red flag.

We should all carry one of these when hiking in the woods!

(For the sake of clarity, I speak of the camera with the honking big lens, not the photographer)

 

[garandman]

I will take a picture of the cougar who frequents our neighborhood when the wife isn't around....yesterday, the cougar was wearing a pink top that showed mucho skin and white tights.....long, shapely legs...very pleasant sighting.

Yeah, Cougar sightngs of that type are routine in Boston.

 

[herdbull]

Yeah, Cougar sightngs of that type are routine in Boston.

Now that Winter is here our neighborhood cougar is still sighted daily but she has too many layers of clothing to make it worth watching.....looking forward to the first Spring/Summer heat wave

 

[Dradian]

I found this in my pond.

That must have been before it was eaten by this

sent it...from the galaxy s3

 

[Coyote33]

Who still uses a film camera anyway? That alone raises a red flag.

My mother, my inlaws, and my sister. I think my neighbor also.