Comments on: New VA Mystery Cat Photo

By: LeasiaKorbel

LeasiaKorbel — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:51:19 +0000

We saw a large cat the other night on HWY 158, just south of the Great Dismal Swamp in NC. We were on our way back when we spotted a large animal with its head down that we at first took for a deer drinking water, until it lifted it’s head and looked at our car. I think its definite that a cougar could make its home in the swamp quite easily.

By: dlkcuts06

dlkcuts06 — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:47:18 +0000

we frequently see cats wandering around at night. we stopped and i realized this cat was much larger than any cat i’d ever seen, he/she stopped in mid stride and sat down *we both stopped and we are looking at the cat* he turns his head and two other cats around the same size appear behind him and they all lurk around looking at us for a few minutes then disapear into the wooded area again (note this “wooded area” probably has about 20 trees max). we immediately went home and searched online when we saw the picture posted we immediately identified that as teh cats we saw. These cats are double maybe triple t size of regular cats and have long tails. We thought they may be foxes at first but i have a fox in my backyard and they are more dog like than the creatures we saw. Went back to the passage way we saw them on 30 minutes later found one distinct foot print and a pile of hollowed bones. We think maybe other resisdents have seen these cats and left bones with peanut butter out to attract them out. Thanks so much for your post and picture. I hope our accounts of seeing one too help your case

By: dlkcuts06

dlkcuts06 — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:39:35 +0000

ok wasnt done yet. we were walkn to my car around 11 pm her townhome backs up to a new shopping center with a small stretch of wooded area between the grocery stores and visitor parking, in the path we Usually take to the grocery store we spotted a cat walking up towards the parking lot, it didnt alarm us at first since

By: dlkcuts06

dlkcuts06 — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:36:40 +0000

My friend just moved into a town house in virginia beach (off of ferrell parkway very busy street) we were walkng to my car around

By: CryptidHuntr

CryptidHuntr — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:05:16 +0000

It’s a cougar.Trust me. I know what a cougar looks like. i live in Montana.Trust me. I wouod know

By: chrissy lamauge

chrissy lamauge — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:58:50 +0000

why won’t wooten go to a naturalist? they’ll tell you it’s puma. just look at the face markings!

By: John A. Lutz

John A. Lutz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:04:49 +0000

Charlie Wooten’s trail camera photograph in Isle of Wight County, Virginia is that of a sub-adult PUMA according to mammal trackers & identification specialists with the EASTERN PUMA RESEARCH NETWORK.
This young cougar is probably the newest addition to the small numbers of known big cats who call the Great Dismal Swamp of SE Virginia & NE North Carolina their home.

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:49:45 +0000

No tracks, I’m presuming. No other evidence of a cougar in the local area.

Has anyone looked?

By: kittenz

kittenz — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:27:37 +0000

Enlarge the photo. Adjust the brightness and contrast. Flip it to black & white. Make it transparent and underlay a photo or good drawing of a known bobcat. You’ll see; it’s very obviously a bobcat.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:54:17 +0000

I’m willing to go out and say this is a cougar. Sue me.

But if it is a bobcat, it is still a great picture.

Wonderfully ambiguous.