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Proof of cougars remains elusive If they’re not here, they soon will be, state researcher says STEVENS POINT — A year-long search failed to turn up positive proof that mountain lions are present in Wisconsin, but the study’s leader is far from dismayed. “We’re still looking, but I don’t think it (finding conclusive evidence) is […]

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Mountain Lion Sightings In Northern Kentucky Last Update: 1/9/2007 7:36:43 AM Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati Watch This Video A mountain lion is spotted running loose near a local neighborhood. In the past three weeks, six people reported seeing the big cat. It was first seen near Camp Springs, just off the AA Highway in Campbell […]

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An anonymous Cryptomundo reader just tipped us off to this story. Cougar plays starring role in Manitoba history books Big cat caught live in photos Tue Jan 9 2007 By Martin Zeilig Winnipeg Free Press PHOTOGRAPHIC history has been made with the first-ever pictures of a wild cougar roaming rural Manitoba. Click on image for […]

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An update on the mystery black felid photograph (see various enhancements on this page) reveals some new information, which, in context, makes much sense. The picture was taken December 2005, according to the photographer’s letter shared with me last night by felid researcher Ben Willis. The photo was taken by a retired biology professor from […]

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Nashville Cats, play clean as country water Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two — by John B. Sebastian, Lovin’ Spoonful, 1967. Is this cryptid black cat a melanistic bobcat (Lynx rufus/Felis rufus)? Back on November 19, 2006, I wrote about […]

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Companion piece to Another Cougar Conspiracy? Cougars in Illinois? Quite a few sane and sensible citizens have concluded that Felis concolor dwells here again Essay by James Krohe Jr. Democratic governors came back to Illinois — why not cougars? Officially, Illinois has no wild cougars; the cougar is not listed as an endangered species in […]

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Here we go again with another cougar conspiracy. Rural legends: Cougars roam southern Illinois Posted: Friday, Dec 29, 2006 – 02:32:00 pm EST By Tom Dunn – Register Staff Writer Daily Republican Register Mt. Carmel, Illinois Many levelheaded residents will swear that cougars now live in southern Illinois, while the powers that be will testify […]

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Every year I watch to see what is the first cryptid sighting that is mentioned in the media and what is the actual first cryptid encounter. Take for instance 2000. On January 2nd, news services reported that in the rural Malaysian village of Kampung Chennah, durian farmer Liong Chong Shen, 50, smelling a strong odor […]

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The author of the article that I spotlighted in my post entitled Panther Attacks in Arkansas! had this to say here at Cryptomundo: Hi, ya’ll. Warren Watkins here, author of this article on the panther attacks here in Arkansas. My understanding is that a puma is not native to North America, and the animals referred […]

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1. The Top Ten Cryptozoology Stories of 2006 2. Top Ten Bigfoot Stories of 2006 3. Top Ten Creepy Fossil Finds of 2006 4. The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2006 5. The Top Cryptofiction Books of 2006 6. Top Ten Cryptozoo Mystery Photographs of 2006 7. 2006’s Passings of Cryptozoologists and Others 8. 2006 Cryptoholiday […]

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Black panthers in Illinois are not merely melanistic jaguars far from home. I grew up in central Illinois (1947-1965, 1969-1974) and went to undergraduate school at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (1965-1969). I was out searching for black panthers when I was 14, for example, in Macon County, doing field work on big mystery cat sightings in […]

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Panther kills calves near Searcy Monday, December 18, 2006 6:47 PM CST Game and Fish Commission thinks the cat is a former pet By Warren WatkinsThe Daily Citizen (Searcy, AR) Two calves have been killed and area residents have been frightened in the past two weeks by what many say is a panther along Foster […]

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No physical evidence of panthers in state 12/16/2006 8:55:31 PMNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal BY BUSTER WOLFE For Larry Castle, the question is legendary: Do panthers roam the countryside of Mississippi? "It’s a common call we field," said Castle, director of wildlife for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. "We have looked at numerous […]

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The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2006 by Loren Coleman, Cryptozoologist Author, Cryptozoology A to Z, Bigfoot!, and Tom Slick It is time for the annual top picks for the best cryptozoology books of 2006, with attention to each book’s individual achievements noted in recognition of its unique niche within the cryptozoological literature this year. Since […]

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Back in October, I posted an article about the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s investigation of "alleged" mountain lion sightings. On December 7, the Clarion (PA) News published the following opinion editorial entitled Lions, tigers and bears, oh boy! about the cougar "conspiracy" in Pennsylvania. You’ve probably heard the conspiracy theories about how someone (or a group […]

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