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I've often heard that "bobcats" or "cougars" live in Indiana, but usually it was considered an old wive's tale and nothing more. Maybe some big cat activity in southern Indiana in the hills, but not to the north. This last weekend my mind got changed:
This picture was shown to me by a friend of mine that I work for. He took the picture the day after opening morning from his "deer stand" northeast of Crawfordsville. The flash was from his cell phone camera. I thought that wasn't too bright considering that cat could have easily had him for breakfast if he wasn't fast enough to hit it with his bow had it decided to go after him.
I would have told him he was an idiot and to go pound sand except the next day the Journal Review in Crawfordsville reports that a bobcat was struck in Southwestern Montgomery County by a car while it fed on a dead deer. The cat was a female. The cat in the photo was taken about 12 miles across the county on the east side of Crawfordsville. I doubt they are the same cat.
Allegedly there have been no intentional releases of these type of animals in Indiana, which I believe. However, they suddenly seemed to have shown up. I'm not afraid of them, in fact I'm somewhat fascinated by them. While on duty, I have responded to calls of a woman "screaming" in the middle of the night. This has happened twice in the last couple of years in the Thorntown area. Nothing was ever found although there were rumors to big cat activity up that way as well.
Anyone else have any big cat experiences in Indiana?
This picture was shown to me by a friend of mine that I work for. He took the picture the day after opening morning from his "deer stand" northeast of Crawfordsville. The flash was from his cell phone camera. I thought that wasn't too bright considering that cat could have easily had him for breakfast if he wasn't fast enough to hit it with his bow had it decided to go after him.
I would have told him he was an idiot and to go pound sand except the next day the Journal Review in Crawfordsville reports that a bobcat was struck in Southwestern Montgomery County by a car while it fed on a dead deer. The cat was a female. The cat in the photo was taken about 12 miles across the county on the east side of Crawfordsville. I doubt they are the same cat.
Allegedly there have been no intentional releases of these type of animals in Indiana, which I believe. However, they suddenly seemed to have shown up. I'm not afraid of them, in fact I'm somewhat fascinated by them. While on duty, I have responded to calls of a woman "screaming" in the middle of the night. This has happened twice in the last couple of years in the Thorntown area. Nothing was ever found although there were rumors to big cat activity up that way as well.
Anyone else have any big cat experiences in Indiana?
