June 7, 2008

Lima Lion Lurking

The following article appeared on local Ohio TV News Net 5, on June 6, 2008:

Big Cat Sightings Reported Near Ohio City

Sightings of a big cat in northwest Ohio have some families on edge.

Authorities south of Lima haven’t confirmed any of the reports that began to
circulate a few weeks ago.

Some people said they think it was a panther.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources trapper Craig Shafer said he’s pretty
sure there’s a large cat out there based on the footprints he’s seen.

Gary Guagenti said he spotted the big cat trotting across a field near his
home in Shawnee Township. He said he’s keeping his kids inside to be safe.

The latest sighting came in to police Friday morning when someone said they
saw a big cat chasing a deer.

Police looked but didn’t find anything.

Thanks for the tip from Deirdre Storm.

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
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.

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