Until recently, it was thought that the last mountain lion (a very big cat -- aka a catamount) disappeared from our state decades ago. I was aware, too, of how a certain mythology surrounding the animal had taken root in Vermonts culture and even its identity: The University of Vermonts athletic teams, for instance, are known as the Vermont Catamounts, and their logo features a snarling cat lunging through the cleft of a V., I met with Morse at her home in Jericho. Half the sightings have been of a black cougar, however, all CREDIBLE sources. I was aware, too, of how a certain mythology surrounding the animal had taken root in Vermonts culture and even its identity: The University of Vermonts athletic teams, for instance, are known as the Vermont Catamounts, and their logo features a snarling cat lunging through the cleft of a V.. Tom Stearns, a Vermont Game Warden says they get reports all the time. And that is often what people see when they get a fleeting glimpse of a bobcat is that white tail because bobcats walk with their tails up, Bernier said. Megafauna mania: our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators., Megafauna mania: our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators, Subscribe To 'The Frequency,' Our Daily Morning Newsletter. Subsequent DNA testing found that the animal was from South Dakota. The cat traveled down through New York and was last sighted at Lake George in New York state before it was hit by a car and killed on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Connecticut. If you do see a big cat in your neighborhood, best practice is to leave it alone, according to Waterbury Game Warden Chad Barrett. Still, sightings are common. Latter that night we were all woken up by the most awful sounds I have ever heard the mt lion was in the back yard chasing the house cat back and fourth. 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In June 1991 and again in July 1993, my wife Linda and I, visited Prof. Harold & wife Martene at their Maine Cottage overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, where we had serious discussions on the WILD, NATIVE, FREE-ROAMING cougars-mountain lions and their ancestors who have inhabited the eastern U.S. for over the last 500 years. In the first, there are those such as myself, whove maybe heard a few second- or third- or fourth-hand stories as well as official denials from state agencies or professional biologists, and therefore find themselves betwixt and between, neither believing nor disbelieving. We even had a sighting someone here at DEEP, in my office, was convinced they saw a mountain lion. Its OK, he told me. Very distinguishable nails marks in the snow. [An overabundance of deer] means our forests are getting older and older and not being replaced. He also points to the influx of invasive plant species in New England as evidence of an out-of-control deer population. State lawmakers have entertained bills to establish a bear hunting season for years, but so far, none of those proposals has passed. I gave grown up in the woods and this was no bobcat. : I am basically a pro whitetail hunter living in Roxbury vt. We were both very startled and when it ran away it had a long tail with white and black at the tip.I lived in Colorado for several years, in the vicinity of mountain lions, never saw one and never thought for a moment that they could possibly be in Vermont. Ive seen bobcats before, this wasnt a bobcat. And its a lose-lose situation, because theres really not a whole lot you can tell them in most cases thats going to change their mind.. I am an analytical person and I would say regardless of what they think it is-it was clearly a large cat of some sort. Vermont's last known cougar, also known as a mountain lion or catamount, was killed in 1881 in Barnard. In Massachusetts, three sightings between 1997 and 2016 have been confirmed by scat, DNA, or tracks, according to the Cougar Network, a nonprofit that studies the habitat and movements of the big cats. I saidholy cow, what is that? He said look at the tail, it is a mountain lion. I questioned if we even had them and quickly googled. Of course no real good tracks on the hard packed driveway but I know what I saw and heard. Using DNA and physical evidence, state environmental officials said they determined that the animal likely trekked more than 1,500 miles from South Dakota, a journey that was captured by trail camera (above). When one person submitted a blurry photo to the newspaper-they printed it, the authorities saying it was a dog I believe if I recall correctly. I could hear the steady rush of traffic on Route 315. I worked in Hartland for a few years and it seemed to be common talk. 1 talking about this. You know, weve had so many home entries this year. Its definitely a problem thats only going to get worse. They were at least 4-5 inches at the widest part of the pad. What do you think of hunting? It is also known as cougar, panther, mountain lion, and puma, though catamount is the preferred regional vernacular. Yet I also remembered something Sue Morse had told me months before, as we sat in her living room drinking beer and chatting cats. Around 7:10 pm this evening August 02, 2022 my wife entered our Oakwood Farm business off 6 Weed Road in Essex Center with headlights on. Mountain Lions Not Just a Tall Tale in Adirondacks. When I accepted the assignment to write about my quest to uncover the truth regarding the existence of cougars in New England, I had little idea what I was agreeing to. Or click the map itself. Maysville, WV 26833 I started this blog for people to discuss mountain lion sightings and reports in the Green Mountain State of Vermont. If theyre in one, theyre in the other.. Massachusetts, Virginia, Vermont, and Wyoming. That, however, does NOT mean a breeding colony of these animals has returned there. Brown. Its on the property that we own over there. FYI: I publish a tri-yearly newsletter, dealing with big cat sightings in states, east of the Mississippi River, as reported to us via various websites, as well as telephone calls or letters. "Of those . Canada lynx are breeding in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. This is a natural wildlife corridor coming down off of the Worcester Range headed over towards the Green Mountain Range. He coined the term landscape of fear to describe the relationship between predator and prey in the wild. Glad to hear that they're not gone. Sill Editor. The cougar was so close I could smell it. Betty had driven up from his home in Rhode Island. Your email address will not be published. He drove me out to the spot. This is Christina, I used to work with you at the YMCA in Burlington. By mid-19th century, forests made up only about 30 percent of New England (its notable that today that number stands at approximately 80 percent, nearer to what it was when cougars thrived here). Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. He has also reported for the Marketplace Morning Report. There was NO doubt it was a cat, it was huge about the size of a Great Dane, sleek and leggy. However, reports have started surfacing again in recent years, and we have now spoken with no fewer than SIX reliable people who have SEEN one (maybe the same one, for all we know, but I doubt it) around the Rutland area -- primarily in Mendon or Chittenden -- in the last year. I have seen plenty of bobcat in my life and my son and I were even lucky enough to see a lynx about 8 years ago. A harvest is kind of twofold. Felis concolor couguar. Local game officials are saying that this is another one of those sightings where people claim to have seen a mountain lion. This was a large tan colored cat with a long tail. The tail, I said. Hawley: That animal was documented. So I walked out of the driveway turned right when I saw a pair of yellow greenish eyes under an apple tree I asumed it was a deer because I had seen many deer their earlier in the day. As livestock farming came to dominate the landscape, pressure on the big cats slowly mounted on two fronts: The number of farmers wanting them dead was increasing, while the rapid transition from forest to farmland meant their habitat was shrinking. It used to be that a bear would go into a house when someone wasnt home. He wore red suspenders and a baseball cap. Other sightings have come from individuals with various responsible backgrounds. And so when they come to him with a sighting, hes prepared to believe. Harrigan is 72 and lives just outside the northern New Hampshire town of Colebrook; he has a long, craggy face that seems almost to have molded itself after the mountainous landscape of his home state. I pulled over along Rt 30 to walk down to a swimming hole. I did not see [the cats], but I did talk to the guy. If yes, like most state Highway Agencies, they should have a record of both the pickup of its carcass, as well, as to where they dumped it. She lives near the end of a gravel road in a modest, low-slung house tucked into the flanks of the Green Mountains. CHESTER Susan Morse, nationally known wildlife ecologist and tracker, will present Coming Soon: The Cougar Returns to the East, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. at the News Bank Conference Center in Chester. Wildlife experts say no. During the Summer of 1991, my wife Linda and I, took 3 days on our vacation, to meet both Harold & Martene Hitchcock. Any known activity in Southern Vermont? Would love some feedback just do not see how to upload photos. I have seen 6 bear,several Fishers and all the common wildlife in VT but never anything like this. It stared at him for a few seconds and then took some steps towards him, eventually turning the other way and sliding into the undergrowth. In some areas of the east, the absence of apex predators has led to a surplus of deer, which have then ravaged the understory and ground levels of vegetation. This is part of the cougar business. A 140-pound male mountain lion was hit by a car and killed in 2011 in Milford, Connecticut. Hawley: Wildlife biologists across the United States know where the current mountain lion range is. [4] However, the 1946 taxonomy is now in question. I reported it to Fish and Wildlife but I bet they are laughing- I am in shock! As a hobby gone astray, I have recorded more than 20,000 big cat sightings, from all states, east of Mississippi River since 1969. There was a tin of American Spirit tobacco on the table (Ottmanns), a laptop (Bettys), a notebook (mine), and a tumbler of Bacardi and Coke (Ottmanns again). 99 Beagle Boot Lane We all feel so blessed to have sighted them, and have no doubt we saw cougar. After 20 minutes or so, we turned and stumbled our way back to the parking lot. What else could it be so big I thought it was a deer with a long cat tail? He was also convinced, wild pumas were traveling South from the eastern Canadian Provinces of Ontario & Quebec, into northern Maines vast wilderness.I have an assortment of reports from across Vermont, if interested in copies. Theres probably 100 in Connecticut, Ottmann interrupted, rolling a cigarette as he spoke. And were one of the most densely populated states as far as humans. Box 313, Maysville, WV 26833. Nowhere in New England is the matter definitively settled. Originally I began in the Mid-Atlantic States, but widely expanded my collection to include all the New England States, at the suggestion of the late Prof. Harold Hitchcock of Vermonts Middlebury College. Part of this belief is rooted in his journalistic experience, which across the decades has cultivated his nose for sincerity. So all the other states in the Northeast that have bear populations have a harvest on their bears. Ottmann grew up and still lives just minutes from the tavern; his familiarity with the establishment was obvious (after we met in the parking lot, he led me into the building through the kitchen, greeting each of the staff by name). There were reported sighting of it but Vermont and NH denied the allegations. Hi Cris, She is the editor-in-chief of Headwaters Magazine, UVMs environmental publication. Morse will present evidence on cougars returning to the East. Mountain lion tails, however, are about three feet long, usually the length of the cats body. There was the vaguest of trails, crisscrossed by deadfalls and a sharp-thorned bush that soon drew blood from Ottmanns right hand. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); aint seen none yet, them wind turbines scarin em off, I have been following the eastern mountain lion mystery since the mid-1960s, in every state, east of the Mississippi River. I studied the track it was the front paw left in the silt while the cat was drinking from the brook. Eastern bobcat. Forty years of reporting on New Hampshire cougar sightings has convinced Harrigan that the state is home to at least a handful of breeding animals. TPWD Confirmed Mountain Lions. hen I accepted the assignment to write about my quest to uncover the truth regarding the existence of cougars in New England, I had little idea what I was agreeing to. 24 Hour Hotline: 304-749-7778 if interested in discussing our favorite subject. It was a beautiful golden red color (like a red squirrel), about the size of a medium dog (maybe 40lbs?) My wife Linda and I, spent several days with the Hitchcocks at their Atlantic Ocean-front Cabin overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, from high up on a cliff, where you could hear the screams of at least 1 of Vermonts wild cougars, in both 1991 and again in 1993. Because theyre a northern animal, they have snow shoes by birth, Bernier said. Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. The last catamount in Vermont is finally, officially, certainly dead. We walked to the other side of it to get a better view (its back was to us) and it suddenly realized we were there and jumped up and looked right at us. I can unsubscribe any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of all emails. Occasionally 3 times a year, I send out news-letters telling of latest reportsby concerned persons collecting such data.. Its quite an uphill challenge for us to manage that situation right now. It could simply mean someone who had an illegal pet or captive animal released the cougar into the wild. There were caribou antlers mounted above the front doors, and the interior walls were covered in row upon row of books; a long table was piled high with still more books in seemingly random arrangements. Prof. Hitchcocks experienced led him to believe, a minimum of 10 wild cougars, inhabited the various forests of Vermont. I was traveling west on Route 131 in Wethersfield just west of Downers 4 Corners on January 22 about 12:15 AM during a light sleet and snow storm when a big cat ran across the road in front of me. If theres a middle ground in the cougar debate, it belongs to John Harrigan, a veteran outdoorsman, newspaper reporter, and widely read syndicated columnist. The cat is dead. The cat was huge and tail was at least 3 feet long and thick. I contacted VT FISH and Game who say its a bobcat. And there are different schools of thought about that. I was proud to acknowledge the fact, of being a CLOSE friend to both the Professor & his wife Martene. I think the only reason the lion did not attack was because of the dogs. Happy hunting Mike Copeland. Sometimes, one will make it as far east as Vermont. They're out hunting for deer and where there's deer, there's people. If these people say they saw something, Im going to listen., If theres one thing people on all sides of the debate can agree on, its that a breeding population of cougars is essential to the overall health of New Englands ecosystems, which currently lack an apex predator. Though not native to Vermont, Canada lynx occasionally make their way down into Vermont. Dashboard for displaying mountain lion reports to the public. I am here to tell you I was stalked by a mt lion in vt and was lucky to get away with my life. PO Box 183 (Postal address) Evidently it was authentic because a mountain lion pounced on him. Just like cats do - it waited to the last moment and then ran across in front of me. Its a cool story with how far that animal walked. I noticed that there were many great websites, blogs, and discussion boards devoted to mountain lion sightings in other states of New England, but not one just for Vermont. It was on a hill beside the road looking across, when I looked at it better I saw the long tail and cat ears. Anyway, last week, May 2020, I was hiking in Eastern WA, Oroville WA to be exact. I will try to take more photos with an object to show scale. Wildlife do really crazy things, and you just never know.. ..If still interested or wanting a news-letter Eastern Puma Net-News copy, send your street or P.O. If you believe you have seen a mountain lion and want to report it to NH Fish and Game, please contact the Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461 or wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov to request an observation report form. I swear that is what I saw this morning at about 4 am in my drive. I want emails from Fodor's Travel with travel information and promotions. Its distinctive featurethe one that sets it apart from other North American wild catsis its tail, which is thick and often as long as its body. Skip to content. His mention of these encounters was so matter-of-fact that I found myself nodding along. Put bluntly, Morse does not believe that New England is home to cougars. So this is the best we could do for a photo. Hawley, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, says data dont support a breeding population of mountain lions in Connecticut. Apparently, Barnaby is blind because he couldnt see it. I must have looked doubtfulwe were within spitting distance of a heavily traffickedroad and only 12 miles from downtown Hartfordbut both Ottmann and Betty told me that cougars actually prefer more populated areas, since thats where deer tend to congregate. Also the hotel keeper at top of Mt. There are also many unconfirmed sightings. Back in 2002 I saw a full grown mountain lion in Dummerston Vermont on east/west road. The Spatz and Sue Ottmann referred to are Christopher Spatz and Sue Morse, two of the better-known and arguably most experienced cougar skeptics in the Northeast. Much as I liked Ottmann and Betty, and much as I found some of their evidence compelling, I was struggling to reconcile their more provocative claims with the restraint expressed by the many other experts Id spoken with. John Lutz, 99 Beagle Boot Lane, Maysville, WV 26833, John Lutz (Eastern Puma Research Network, Maysville, WV). The regions top predator, the coyote, is classified by biologists as a mesopredator (a type that in New England includes skunks and raccoons), which feeds primarily on smaller animals. Morse introduced me to her cat, Allister, whom she referred to as her portable puma. Then she fetched me a beer. Upon discussion I have found that Hartland residents report seeing mountain lions frequently-there are people that swear they come on their porch (one who works at ascutney hospital in windsor) and other older residents who have reported seeing them around the North Hartland Dam on an early morning walk. So special. Ottmann nodded. Indeed, one of her steadiest sources of funding for Keeping Track is a presentation on cougars that has been known to draw more than 500 audience members. It may not surprise you to learn that I was quite intrigued by this third group. Can they really all be cases of false identification? 2023 The Mountain Times, Outer Limits Publishing LLC | All rights reserved. My husband hunts and tracks. They have not received any reports of large cats in Waterbury so far. We went back later and the road was hard but we did get some pictures of prints exactly where the cat went back into the woods and the toes were hard to see, but the pad was classic cougar and the print was the size of my hand. You dont even have to go out and look for it.. But it also sort of instills that fear, a healthy fear of humans and bears. In that time frame, have collected over 9,500 excellent reports from responsible witnesses, which includes law enforcement & forestry personnel. Of course. Clearly, Puma concoloronce inhabited the forests of the Northeast, although its difficult to say in what numbers. If these animals are not in the habitat, what we see is an overabundance of herbivores., The ecologist John Laundre, who has spent 35 years studying cougars, concurs. The second sighting in myakka preserve, hopping a fence. On Jan 22, 2015 while walking in North Fayston, VT I came across what I believe to be a Catamount paw prints. Collection. Finally, in the third camp, there are the true believersthe cougar truthers, if you willthe men and women for whom the only logical conclusion (often reached after a significant investment of time, thought, and sometimes money) is that right here, right now, cougars live among us, feeding and breeding and rearing their young, and that suggesting otherwise is sheer ignorance, willful denial, or part of a mosaic of conspiracy. He can be reached by phone at 860-275-7297 or by email: pskahill@ctpublic.org. Curious if anyone has spotted any cougars in the area? Hed encouraged me to keep my eyes open for deer carcasses cached in the trees (according to Ottmann, cougars are fantastic climbers and are known to stash their kills high in trees), but I saw only leaf-bare branches. I did not run but walked briskly away looking back cat was following me and it did so untill i was half way to the house. If its not, you just thank the person and say good-bye.. Though native to the western half of the U.S., mountain lions are long-distance dispersers and young male mountain lions sometimes strike out looking for mates and food. He said there were two, he called them mountain lions.. The tail was very long and we estimate it to have been at least a hundred pounds. Mountain Lions Living Mountain Lion Sightings in Vermont in Vermont? And he said, This is where the mountain lion crossed. We walked in and there were fresh bobcat tracks in there. Its not my call. We have a lot of bear traffic through here, and deer, Snow said. It crossed the road just below where the Jaquiths lived. Because he lives among them, Harrigan understands that no one knows the woods better. 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