Comments on: New Update on Maine Mystery Cat Photos!

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:25:12 +0000

A painting? A fox?

What? Come on.

For a new posting of interest, click here:

http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/sidney-cat-4/

By: Cryptoscamo

Cryptoscamo — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:20:18 +0000

This Picture is definitely a painting. A painting of a larger than average fox. Sorry Guys paintings don’t count as evidence of a mysterious animal.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:39:53 +0000

I’m getting a nagging feeling I’ve seen this pic before, maybe not here and it would have been about 3 yrs ago, but I’ve seen this before. Searoom, that is a better pic, the one at the bottom. Notice you can see trees behind the cat? Okay, in my “expert” opinion (which comes from being outdoors most of my life) I’d have to say that either this is a large bobcat or a cougar/puma and bobcat cross. I have seen some large bobcats (both in person and on tv), but I’ve never seen any that size or that exact coloring. Usually bobcats have faint “stripes”, just enough for them to disappear within the shadows.

By: harleyb

harleyb — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:50:09 +0000

Whatever it is it looks to be eating well, and I would not get too close.

By: twblack

twblack — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:32:03 +0000

You are correct Loren was not trying to start anything. But if a Cougar and say Bobcat would mix would the off spring have ear tuffs. And yes there is something in Maine that has not been verified. My biggest fear is that will try and hunt it down.

By: Alligator

Alligator — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:06:28 +0000

Actually, there have been two cougar confirmations in Maine, one in 1995 and female with kittens in 2000. Recently there have been several confirmations in New Brunswick and southern Quebec. Most of these confirmations involve sightings with tracks, DNA from hair samples or fecal material or cougar killed deer. It is inevitable that eventually a cat will be photographed or killed on a highway or by a hunter. They are repopulating the east, slowly but I believe surely. It could be that this picture was slightly distorted in the lightening process, plus I don’t think digitals are still quite as “crisp” as 35 mm film.

By: Spinach Village

Spinach Village — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:56:58 +0000

The link features a picture of a jaguar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/images/2006/08/11/jaguar_400×300.jpg

Don’t the cats look similar?

I know, that people aren’t even prepared to consider a jaguar, but I think that it is possible, especially with all the melanistic big cats reported. Also possibly the cougars mix with jags and can produce melanistic offspring.

Just a thought.

By: halcyonicWV

halcyonicWV — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:45:42 +0000

That’s not a bobcat, believe you me. It looks to me to be a mountain lion (cougar). Remember, the photo was lightened for clarity as the press release stated. The musculature is mountain lion. I believe a sharper picture would reveal the cat is not as “shaggy” as first impression may place it. I think the shagginess is a byproduct of resolution, distance, and lighting and not actually a characteristic of the cat’s coat. The ears are not too large and a mountain lion in “scout” mode would have them up to listen, not down as in attack/flight modes. I understand an investigator must measure rocks and items around the site for relatively accurate size estimation. However, that cat is larger than either a linx or a bobcat by far. I’m spitballing that’s 145 to 165 lbs of cat. My opinion is it is a young adult/older adolescent male mountain lion. The photo is obviously not clear enough but I think it has male bits, if you follow me and of course, it’s size. Possibly driven to range by older, bigger males who stake quite large territories. If they are indeed able to officially learn more, that would be very interesting.

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:00:41 +0000

Well, in all honesty… If you put a couple 8 inch fang’s on that cat, I’d swear I was looking at a Saber Toothed Tiger… We all know better than that though… I’m thinking cross breed of coug & linx…

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:58:32 +0000

I for one am quite intrigued by this photo. To me, it looks very much like an actual photo of a living creature rather than any sort of hoax. To me it looks like it could very well be a cougar. The face doesn’t look quite right for a cougar, but like Loren said, this could be a result of artifacts from the digital pixels. I see no tufts to suggest a lynx or bobcat and the body looks very much within the realm of possibility for a mountain lion. Looking forward to more details on this one.