Northern Illinois Cougar Sightings Continue
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 11th, 2012
A cougar has once again been reported seen near the border of Winnetka and Northfield, early in October, less than a mile south from the location of a reported Sept. 3 sighting.
Kenilworth resident Anne Hinkamp said she was driving westbound on Winnetka Avenue on October 1st at 10 a.m., when, she relates,
“I saw something run across the road in front of me, about a half block away, I guess,” Hinkamp said. “It was definitely big enough to catch my eye, and I wasn’t sure what it was at first. But I was getting closer, and it was still going across, and it was trotting, not running that fast. It had such a round head that it was definitely a cat-like creature. A round head and a long tail that was curled a little bit at the end. I knew it wasn’t a coyote or a fox, because I’ve seen those. This was clearly a big cat.” Highland Park Patch
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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Hopefully some good deer hunters will come to the locals aid and dispel any fears.
This is getting increasingly closer to my house. Winnetka Ave., where this sighting occurred, crosses through a major green belt that is used by cyclists and runners. There is also a branch of the Chicago River, a dam, and a lagoon where people fish. As I mentioned previously, there are a lot of deer in the area. If a big cat is in the neighborhood, it could do just fine here.
Here is a link to a map of the site.