Goshen Mt Lion ?

[4651feeder]

Got this from a long time friend (before farcebook) in Florida who stated the pic was recently posted to a facebook account of someone north of Goshen.

Is it legit and has anyone near that area heard anything on this?


addendum: Ooops....never mind, it's a hoax.

 

[eldirector]

A Dixie Lady Deer Hunter: Panther, Mountain Lion, Cougar

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Good pic. This one was checking out my mock scrape. Jennings county.

 

[4651feeder]

From farcebook and supposedly taken Sunday? in the marshes just NE of Elkhart.

Purportedly a large cat...if it didn't have that curl to the tail I'd say it could just as easily be a large dog.

 

[Rollerman]

I'm in Goshen & haven't heard of this...

I listened to an Audible book last year "Heart of a Lion" about transient Mountain Lions.
It talked about a lion being hit & killed in Connecticut that based on DNA was believed to originated from the Black Hills of South Dakota.
I wouldn't say a lion passing through northern IN isn't possible.
I mean Michigan City had a black bear not to long ago.

 

[4651feeder]

Was aware of this Kentucky Mt Lion with DNA traceable to the Black Hills, first I've heard mention of a similar Connecticut story.

 

[DSmith78]

Good pic. This one was checking out my mock scrape. Jennings county.
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Google search shows that pic from Tennessee

 

[Expat]

On the Goshen one, it made the rounds up here but the originally poster said a friend sent it to him but he was then told it was actually taken in Canada IIRC.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

It happens. Many years ago ol' Pop witnessed one travelling across the farm. I had no end of fun implying he was crazy\senile. However, several other people saw it and called it in, from southern Blackford county gradually southeast to Spartanburg, in southeast Randolph county. There it was "officially" sighted by a deputy, and dropped off the radar.

 

[4651feeder]

On the Goshen one, it made the rounds up here but the originally poster said a friend sent it to him but he was then told it was actually taken in Canada IIRC.

Yes, that was addressed Nov 30th in eldirector's #2 post

 

[pappyon]

many people mistake coyote for lion. Had a friend swear over and over they saw a mountain lion in his back field. We went and looked and found its tracks. You could clearly see the toenails. But i also had people tell me they saw one and know what it was. Even a UPS driver here in the NW saw it. You used to be able to go to wolf lake animal swap meet every spring and buy a mountain lion kitten for 150 bucks. They are cute. But they turn into a lion. They have the canines pulled and the paws declawed. Then turn it loose in the "forest". Not a rare thing there.