(Living Habitats/National Wildlife Federation). Check these mountain loins out, tell me what you think. Fish and Wildlife Service also considers the mountain lion extinct in West Virginia. On another note Carlene and Sandy and all the others who have e-mailed me, I sent more pictures in to this site hope they are posted soon and hope you enjoy them! Lion Suspect in Killing of boys Horse in daytimePlease read this and click on the link to look at pictures, one of the pictures is a picture of a ladies hand and the paw print. P-22 was first captured in 2012 and fitted with a GPS tracking collar as part of a National Park Service study. All rights reserved. The fact that we havent been able to find it in the vicinity suggests it was able to get up and get away, spokesman Dan Zarlenga said. He worked with major music artists for 20 years, garnering gold and platinum records to his credit. The Scuttle Butt that I have been told from reliably people was a Black Cougar/Mountain Lion was sighted in the woods of Flag Pond Tennessee in 2007 by the Hensley and Shelton boys. The rugged and remote location would make it a perfect place for a big cat to hide. Those elk are mostly regarded as photo opportunities at the moment, but Rauch said the herd may one day be large enough to allow hunting. Other times, theres a hoax involved in such reports. P-22 has lived much of his life in Griffith Park, crossing two major freeways to get there. Well it moved, I seen it was a cat and scream for the girl to get her dog in the house, she thought I had lost my mind but thank heavens she did what I screamed for her to do and ran to the house this cat got up and started walking toward my drive, Larry couldn't believe his eyes and I said no house cat is that big at that distance! From that experience we?ve always thought that there were mountain lions in the area. Nobody is taking that kind of decision lightly, spokesperson Jordan Traverso said during a videoconference. Then never paid anymore attention to it for a while as I couldnt see it anymore. My wife and I watched the cat walk up the hill through the woods and disappear at the crest of the hill (which is where our neighbor's yard is). I could not find a good tree so I settled on the one close the road pulled my bow up set down and had the worstfeeling of my life. One about twenty years ago near Friendsville in Garrett Co. MD. FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. Door and her husband pulled up to the scene Monday to find the lion sitting in the middle of the old country lane with houses on one side and an open field on the other. Since we?ve gotten a little older and the ground has gotten harder we have opted for a cabin at Watoga State Park the last 6 years. Authorities said the lion, tagged P-81, was found on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Western Santa Monica mountains after being struck by a vehicle. It ran off into the night. These rare and elusive cats are most active at night, so you seldom have an opportunity to see one! June 18, 2019 | 11:38am. Possible mountain lion sighting in Finger Lakes region. Margaret has seen two over the years. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on the 118 Freeway near Kuehner Drive . all of our lives and believe me we know the difference!Submitted by: Don Woods. Not a first-hand sighting, so post/do not post at your discretion. The 2015 Obion County sighting was hardly the only mountain lion sighting in the East, nor was it even the only confirmed sighting. This is a developing story, stay with Joplin News First on KOAM News Now as we continue to learn more. In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California. If you have any questions for me, my name is Alice Hanna and my number is (304) 000 - 0000. The sound that mountain lion made is nothing like you would ever imagine, It made the hair stand up on the back of my neck and it scared me. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. But I dont know how I feel about them being here.. FRANKLIN COUNTY For about 10 minutes, a small crowd gathered on a rural highway here marveling at a rare sight: A mountain lion, just hit by a car, sat in the roadway, stunned. And there is no evidence of a breeding population. The mountain lion no longer exists here in West Virginia at least in a naturally reproducing state.". You need to show some kind of a mountain lion sign (confirmed prints, pictures, and etc.) It didnt look so big from that angle. This is only the third confirmed mountain lion sighting in MDCs St. Louis Region since 2011. (CNN) Another mountain lion near Los Angeles has died. I never seen shoulders move like that on a big cat in person nor a tail so long! Choose wisely! Leadmine is known for the largest trees ever cut in West Virginia, White Oak. Browsing around, a REALLY big lion can top 200 lbs. The gigantic mountain lion that a truck hit in northern Arizona has become an Internet legend. She froze with fear for a moment. Theres also the occasional bobcat or a flash of orangey-red that suggests the presence of a fox. According to the National Wildlife Federation, the mountain lion has many other names, including "cougar," "panther," "puma," and "catamount." Some of the roads in West Virginia are where bison trails were in the past, he added. Franklin. The dead horse which appears to show deep slash wounds to the head and a powerful bite to the neck. Tiffany MitchellDoor photographed a cougar, or mountain lion, lying bleeding on the road in Franklin County. Mountain Lion (Cougar) confirmed DNR image. I was gonna call the DNR but I was afraid that they wouldn't believe me either since they didn't believe my mother.. What Can I do to convince them that this is not a fake call and that we did see and hear it.. Is it gonnatake someone to be killed or hurt by this thing for them to come and check it out and not laugh at u? About 10 yrs ago, my friend and I were coming from the Coleman Cliffs area in Frankford, W.V. Do Not Sell My Personal Information I have found myself landing on it numerous times, whether researching ramps, bobcats, or mountain lions! Have heard of these being in our area just have never seen one. He heard a noise in the tree area in front of his cabin and turned his flashlight onto the area from which he heard the noise.He said he starred straight at a beige colored mountain lion eyes, the animal complete with a huge bushy tail. It was around 2pm on a weekday, hardly any traffic at all on that road during the week in the early afternoon. Authorities said the lion, tagged P-81, was found on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Western Santa Monica mountains after being struck by a vehicle. Then in 1996 in the fall after the leaves had fallen, I was with a friend driving between Weston, WV and Jane Lew WV, it was evening almost dark, and we saw a animal at first glance thought was a large light brown dog coming to the road and my friend slammed on the breaks and it walked right in front of us in the head lights looked right at us, my friend was real excited, and myself to, as this made two sightings for me. It was beige, had a long tail, and cub like ears. We also discuss other reports from the same area. The mountain lion died on scene at around 9:30 p.m. Marshall County WV. Such things have happened. Illinois State Police troopers responding Sunday night to a call about a car that struck a deer on Interstate 88 near Dauberman Road in Kane County were surprised to find a dead mountain lion instead. Taken with a game camera - Coalwood, McDowell County, West Virginia, Sightings may actually be sightings of a domestic feral cat, Mountain lions were native to West Virginia, County Road 13 outside of Davis, WV. They seen this animal coming out of the woods and she thought it was a big dog or fox from the distance, until it got closer to her she stopped her car and this big CAT came out in front of herand she said oh my goodness it's a mountain lion and her dad said it sure is and she said it walked in front ofher car as slow as it could go and just looked at her like it wasn't scared. Doors photo of the cat went viral by Tuesday. He sat there quite a while, Door said. "The last cougar that existed here in West Virginia was eliminated decades ago. I am greatful others have been seeing them and are posting their sightings on your site as well. Hide hunting was a way to get out and make some extra besides. One was either 1979 or 1980 in June. Hello Richwooders! Later we heard a report of a deer kill close to Cabella's. The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed the animal was struck by a vehicle at Highway T and Old Highway 100 just north of Villa Ridge. I didn't tell anyone because I knew I would be called a liar. WARREN COUNTY, MO (KTVI) - Scientists with the Missouri Conservation Department are trying to learn more about a mountain lion that was struck and killed on I-70 Saturday in Warren County. Hoping that is was a deer, I lowered my rifle and placed the scope on another clear spot that was in the pathof the animal. The . of Natural Resources. Is it possible that this was done by a mountain lion. P-54, who was being tracked by National . LOS ANGELES -- The famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion known as P-22 is drastically underweight and was probably struck and injured by a car, wildlife experts who conducted a health examination on the big cat said Tuesday. This 150-pound male mountain lion was hit by a car Tuesday in Nance County was found dead the next day, about 200 yards from the highway. In this interview, we talk with eyewitnesses about hitting a cougar or Mountain Lion with a vehicle in 2017. While I was there I happened to be looking around at the stuff that was to be loaded up and I look up for the biggest surprise of my life, About 50' away there I saw solid black cat walking in a wide open area in the middle of the day with his nose on the ground. Despite the location where we saw it, and the fact that we have never seen it since, my wife and I are 100% certain that the animal we saw was a VERY large cat (at its closest it was only about thirty yards from us) that was bigger than a golden retriever yet had a coat that was similar in color. P-22 was captured and tranquilized on Monday in the trendy Los Feliz neighborhood near his usual haunt of Griffith Park, an island of wilderness and picnic areas in the midst of the Los Angeles urban sprawl. It happened on December 26, 2006. (National Park Service) An adult male mountain lion was hit by a vehicle, suffering fatal injuries, just west of Malibu on Tuesday night, according . I am 16 years old and live in Putnam County, WV. That lion had also been struck by a car and was euthanized by authorities. Harpers Ferry, where the Shenandoah River meets the Potomac River, is the site of a famous Civil War-era raid. When I asked him to calm down he wouldn't I knew something bad was going on this child wasn't scared of much. He was the face of the campaign to build a wildlife crossing over a Los Angeles-area freeway to give big cats, coyotes, deer and other wildlife a safe path to the nearby Santa Monica Mountains, where they have room to roam. Alternative headline: A Coyote's Guide To Mating in L.A. Reporter covering St. Louis County politics. I have heard about Cat sightings all my life growing up around Racine in Boone Co. Eastern Puma Research Network in Grant County of WILD, Wonderful West Virgina, Submitting this "report" of a possible Mt. So when he came running at me I figured there was another neighbor hood cat outside after him so I walked around the corner of the house and soon realized there wasn't another cat. Rauch explained that male black bears leave their mothers at age 2 to search for territories of their own. The zip code for Paw Paw is 25434.Detour Road is (County Route 18). Thanks for maintaining this website. It was foggy, and his whole family was asleep. An adult male mountain lion was struck around 6:30 p.m Tuesday. Shed hunting isn't easy, but can offer unique opportunities. WHEELING If crisp September mornings spark a sudden urge to roam the local hillsides whether hunting or hiking keep in mind theres more to the states wild, wonderful slogan than white-tailed deer. We found this print while hiking on Wildlife Trail at Dolly Sods. VENTURA COUNTY A young mountain lion was struck and killed on Highway 33 near Oak View shortly before 6:20 a.m. Friday, authorities said. Woodland bison were pushed by human settlement into wilder areas. On 8 Nov 2006 my wife and I were riding ATVs on theHatfield McCoy trail system just outside of Pineville WV. And the other near our home in Leadmine, Tucker Co. For that reason, bear hunting season is longer in the Northern Panhandle than in other parts of the state, he said. Eastern mountain lions once native to the state are extinct. I have had a couple sightings and heard what I believe were two lions mating. My friend also saw it and we had about 30 seconds that it stood and looked at us. We won't share it with anyone else. population approx: 800. We told a few who didn't really believe us and when I told my other neighbor Dolly, she said yep, she had seen the thing at the woods edge between our yard. Multiple individuals took pictures and videos of animal before it stood up and left the scene and could not be found after the incident. Then I look above my building on the hill side and saw a large bodied animal. That's what it looks like to me as well, 4bear!! Upon further examination, the cougar turned out to be P-104, who was collared just two weeks ago for a study. Webmaster's Note!I've spent time on Kinnison Mountain picking ramps and hiking, but never saw any mountain lions. FRANKLIN COUNTY For about 10 minutes, a small crowd gathered on a rural highway here marveling at a rare sight: A mountain lion, just hit by a car, sat in the roadway, stunned. I have had two Moutain Lion sightings. FILE - In this Wednesday Aug. 1, 2007 file photo, a black bear walks across the ground in Lyme, N.H. A Maine legislative committee decided in late May 2019 that proposals to overhaul the state's bear hunting rules will have to wait until the next legislative session in January. Webmaster's Note! I'm from California and have spent quite a lot of time in the Sierras, Cascades, San Bernardinos, San Jacintos, and the Rockies. 400 yards above my house. The Wallis Annenberg Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing with cross eight lanes of the 101 Freeway and is expected to be complete by 2025. Numerous mountain lions in the area are collared, tracked, and studied by the National Park Service, but this particular lion was not, so scientists did not have any additional information about him. Given that a single male needs 20 to 30 square miles to be comfortable, developed areas such as those around Wheeling arent ideal. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Monday the mountain lion died Sunday after being hit . The Missouri Department of . One month ago my mother Celestine was taking my daughter Addie to baseball practice and had herfather in the car with them.. The National Park Service says vehicle strikes are the leading cause of death for mountain lions in the southern California area. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. So unexpected that it's common for people to initially mistake them for panthers. Back to Top Eastern Cougars (#109) Jan 15 2013 West Virginia: The Mountain State, known for the Appalachian Mountains, and its history of logging and coal mining West Virginia is located in the tree-covered Appalachian Mountains. The Eastern puma is known to occur: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia.The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Refuges in which the Eastern puma is known to occur: Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, I live in Boone County, West Virginia and back around the fall of 2006, one night I went walked outside to get the cat and put him in for the night. The cougar also is suspected of attacking another Chihuahua in the Silver Lake neighborhood this month. By the time she grabbed the handle, the cat was just on the other side of her car. I wascompletely surprised, not only because I didn't think they existed in West Virginia, but also because I know them to bequite elusive. Dear reader, we're asking you to help us keep local news available for all. Before launching Joplin News First in 2017, he worked in television and radio, overlapping a career in the music industry. Warren County, Mo. A mountain lion died hours after being hit by a vehicle near Malibu on Tuesday night, wildlife officials said. It was late in the afternoon and my wife said she thought she saw a large dog like a golden retriever walking in the woods about ten yards above where the tree line begins. Mountain lions aren't supposed to exist within West Virginia, but many hunters and wild life officials know they're here; the controversy is whether the mountain lion are natural to this State or whether the cats that are here have migrated. A mountain lion was struck and killed by a vehicle in Simi Valley Thursday evening, officials announced. Copyright The Intelligencer | https://www.theintelligencer.net | 1500 Main Street, Wheeling, WV 26003 | 304-233-0100. So I ran in the house told my husband to get his gun that there is a cat out here and it isn't nolittle one either is a big one so he gets his 22 pistol and thinks I'm messing with him he comes outside with me tosee what I was scared off I was shaking.. Their conclusion: "Sir, you don't have a mountain lion." A week later the farmer shot the mountain lion. Lion! I hope to visit Richwood in the near future!PattySubmitted by: PATRICIA WOLFORDPutnam County West Virginia, I saw Two (2) adult Cougars on Spruce Flat Rd. Mountain Lion (Cougar) confirmed DNR image. Animals tracks 3 to 4 inches Mountain Lion; no claw marks | 2 to 2.5 inches Bobcat; no claw marks | 2 to 3 inches canine; claw marks. The eastern mountain lion and eastern timber wolf are long gone, but Rauch said coyotes and what has pretty much always been a small population of black bears are here. And, to a certain extent, he noted, in the Mountain States memory. I thought maybe you would like to know that they are definitely here in Hampshire County West Virginia as well.Submitted by: Nedra Platt. "There was a bloody paw print on the porch.". zip code for the town is 26720. A mountain lion found dead on a scenic California highway was likely struck by a vehicle, according to wildlife officials. Authorities said the lion, tagged P-81, was found on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Western. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. Lion. Mountain Lion Sighting North Mountain close to Gerrardstown, WV. Linn County, Mo. 50 feet. 106. It didnt appear to be limping or hurt, she said. He says that he knows a bobcat from a mountain lion, and this was no bobcat. There are still two other. The weird thing about this is that we live in a fairly populated area where I never thought you would see a mountain lion, if that was what it really was (maybe a bobcat with a longer tail than normal?). A rare Missouri mountain lion sighting was reported recently after one of the big cats was hit by a vehicle in Franklin County. 0. I fully expected a deer to appear their. I just stumbled across your sight, mainly because of a conversation I had with a fellow employee in Cincinnati. The road is lined with homes, but the backyards of these residences are vast tracts of timber and rugged forest land. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. I was doing a search on the internet and found your sight and was excited to see that a man named Chris Sparkman had sighted one in Paw Paw about 9 months before my sighting. Various versions about the animal kill have since been spun across the Internet. The deer was killed by a farm pond and the owner saw the tracks of a mountain lion in the mud around the dead deer.Submitted by: Dave MarshallFairmont, WV, Webmaster's Note!These large, wild mountain cats are shy and avoid humans. We believe people in Churchville and the surrounding area need to be aware that definitely it's a possibility that there are mountain lions that come through this area. I hope this will help someone else who may have the same experience some day.Thanks very much,JeffThu, November 22, 2007 2:07 pm, Enjoying your website, very nicely done. While the lure of large mammals is understandable, Rauch noted that hunters and hikers should keep their distance, particularly in the case of bears. Often, he explained, what theyve actually seen is a feral cat or the much smaller native bobcat, a short-tailed species that weighs in at 25 pounds or so compared to the 150-plus-pound potential heft of a male mountain lion. We?ve camped in the Cranberry area many many times as well as the Greenbrier river area and Pocahontas county. There are others who have permits to keep them as pets. Missouri Department of Conservation workers said on Tuesday they were still searching for the animal and did not have more details about the lions gender, size or other characteristics. That reluctant-to-roam species is now established to the point the boars are hunted. Mountain Lion Hit, Killed By Car On I-88 In Kane County - St. Charles, IL - The incident occurred on Interstate 88 near Dauberman Road in Kaneville Township Sunday night. Glad to hear we?re not the only ones who have felt that the big cat it here (eastern wv) having migrated to the area many years ago.Sincerely, Butch DownsDate: Wed, September 19, 2007 8:19 am. Also several people that lived in the area eventually saw one or the other or both.