Sightings of cougars and black leopards are a dime a dozen in the Eastern US, and dodgy photos of them are valued at even less. He came on a straight stretch and came upon what he thought was a deer standing in the road, but when he got closer, he said that it jumped off the road, and he saw the tail of the creature, which had to be a mountain lion.Thanks!Submitted by: AaronFri, February 22, 2008 9:56 pm. Lion anonymously because I think many people, especially where I live, would think that I am crazy. It was night, and as we were going toward town, a rabbit ran across the road with a mountain lion chasing behind. "According to Handley and Patton’s 'Wild Mammals of Virginia' published in 1947, the last Virginia mountain lion was killed in … While I was there I happened to be looking around at the stuff that was to be loaded up and I look up for the biggest surprise of my life, About 50' away there I saw solid black cat walking in a wide open area in the middle of the day with his nose on the ground. Not only us, but two cars behind us also completely stopped and watched this graceful cat. Mysterious Universe is a property of 8th Kind Pty Ltd, New Study Tells NASA It’s Time to Switch to Nuclear Propulsion to Get to Mars, The Bizarre Tale of the St. Catharines Poltergeist, Crew of the “Sea Princess” Claim Ship is Haunted by Recently Deceased Seaman, A Strange Lifetime of Bizarre and Spooky UFO and Alien Encounters, 23.02 – MU Plus+ Podcast – Hairy Whispers. I am happy to have found your site. Hoping that is was a deer, I lowered my rifle and placed the scope on another clear spot that was in the pathof the animal. I know a mountain lion when I'm within 125 feet of one. The dead horse which appears to show deep slash wounds to the head and a powerful bite to the neck. The head of the mountain lion stood below his waist (about 2 feet high) so perhaps a medium sized younger male or female. Then a little bit later we decided we were done fishing and would go home, about half way up to the main road we saw the black animal again, and I thought what kind of dog is that? pistol. They said wild mountain lions had always been there in the Allegheny Mountains Wilderness but in other parts of West Virginia most are thought to have escaped from private compound or been let loose by those keeping them as pets. The state of West Virginia is home to 72 wild mammal species. (Daylight Cougars), I live in Braxton County on Upper OBrien near Wilsie, Google maps to locate all known points that. Near the Silica Mine on Rt 522 a large mountain lion was literally leaping across the road in front of our car. There is absolutely no doubt that it was definitely a Mt. This picture was taken April 7, 2008 behind my home in Wallace, WV approx. But here goes...My wife and I bought a house in the Whitehall area of Marion County in the summer of 2002. I turned to go back and decided to have one last look and that bad feeling hit me again. “The witnesses described it as being seven to eight feet tall, covered in shaggy white hair with legs like a man,” McCoy told Modern Farmer. Although he first through it was a bear standing on its hind legs, the creature raised its left arm to lean against a tree. Like this report investigated by the Bigfoot Field Research Organization. The next morning, however, the reporter discovered prints, and a black liquid at the sight of the alleged encounter. We just wanted to inform you all that during our trip to the Snowshoe ski resort in West Virginia we sighted a mountain lion at a nearby field. The long tail was a dead giveaway. We were very excited, but we're unable to get any pictures.Thank you!Submitted by: Krissi WoodDate: Sun, January 27, 2008 3:22 pm. I wascompletely surprised, not only because I didn't think they existed in West Virginia, but also because I know them to bequite elusive. These rare and elusive cats are most active at night, so you seldom have an opportunity to see one! but I haven't heard anything about Mountain Lion sightings in this area, and I haven?t seen them, but that doesn't mean they aren't present. … It wasn’t anything like you’d seen on TV or in a monster movie.”. I first thought it was a bobcat but then I saw the long tail and the reddish color of the cat and realized that it was not a bobcat. Persecution and the loss of habitat effectively extinguished the big cats in West Virginia. Of course no one believed us my dad even laughed. I am 16 years old and live in Putnam County, WV. Although I suspect the tracks in the photograph was dog track or a forefeet of bear, not a mountain lion tract.......I'm no expert and I've been wrong before and I know for sure experts have been wrong before.If you find tracks, measure and photograph them carefully, then consult a track field guide for identification. It’s also the home to a white, man-sized terror – the sheepsquatch. I was wondering, have there been anymore sightings in Greenbrier County? The deer was killed by a farm pond and the owner saw the tracks of a mountain lion in the mud around the dead deer.Submitted by: Dave MarshallFairmont, WV, Webmaster's Note!These large, wild mountain cats are shy and avoid humans. It was foggy, and his whole family was asleep. the Eastern Cougar is Puma concolor, reflecting the solid color without stripes or spots Source: Public Domain Pictures Ancestors of the cougar (also known as catamount, mountain lion, bobcat, puma, panther, painter, wildcat, and ghost cat) crossed into North America roughly 8 million years ago, and the species Puma concolor evolved around 400,000 years ago.1 The cougar has the largest geographic range of any native terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. Hi, I'm a 47 year old professional and have spent a great deal of my free time in the woods, hunting, fishing, biking and hiking. But it wasnt too long that others saw it and even some saw a brownish colored MT Lion. They alerted the sheriff’s department, and the local newspaper. I use the term "wooded area" because it would be hard to characterize the area as woods or forest - more like a strip of trees about one hundred yards wide that separates our house from the neighbors who live on the hill above us. I hope this will help someone else who may have the same experience some day.Thanks very much,JeffThu, November 22, 2007 2:07 pm, Enjoying your website, very nicely done. Have heard of these being in our area just have never seen one. I live in Preston County, on the border of Maryland. The community was named for the paw paw, the largest wild edible fruit native to America and grew in abundance throughout the community of Paw Paw and Morgan County, West Virginia. Mountain lion social organization in a desert environment Adventurers and later timber men encountered the Stone Man much more often than they would like. I saw a Mt. It was extremely large with a long tail, probably 4-5 feet at least. is an unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia, in the North Area of the State and the zip code for the community is 26290. Your friend is very lucky to have seen this animal in the wild. The cougar had voyaged nearly 1,500 miles from his home in the Black Hills of South Dakota, an incredible feat no doubt, but one that exemplifies the big cat’s dispersal instincts. From massive reptiles to magical insects, explore reports of surprising encounters, both verified and mysterious. I've been trying to find him on Facebook, so we could talk about it.I don't care that all the so called experts say they don't exist. This dog runs from nothing, but it did today when it heard that scream. The bobcat (Felis rufus) is the only native feline predator in West Virginia. Photography. This Mountain Lion is from the West Virginia Wildlife center just outside Buckhannon WV at French Creek. That is all bull, we have lived in the mountains of WV. has been found to substantiate the existence of a population of mountain lions in Georgia. It’s also home to Mothman. These are some of the pics. I wanted to do some research into my sighting. It was about 4 feet long and had a long tail it was tan/grey in color. One about twenty years ago near Friendsville in Garrett Co. MD. It happened on December 26, 2006. The TNT area isn’t just the stomping ground of a black, man-sized terror. In August 2008, a friend and I were in Ohio Co., WV on Harvey Rd. Webmaster's Note! I was skeptical, but questioned him about the description of the cat. Just found this website. When the light landed on a local farm, the children alerted adults who took everyone to see what it was. Gravediggers near the small town of Clendenin reported a winged, man-sized creature swooped low over their heads. Anyway, I am submitting this "report" of a possible Mt. The only big cat species that ever made its home in West Virginia was the mountain lion, and mountain lions don’t come in black. Although still reported to this day, the Appalachian black panther falls into the realm of cryptozoology. A mountain lion sighting was reported at, Showshoe West Virginia, This might be old news now but I know there is, Its tail was dragging the ground and he was bigger than Riley(our 110 lb black lab), Scenic Highway 150 a mountain lion cross the road.>, We do completely rule out the possibility. Then.. 1, Cats,” featured a great cat named Felis Nigra – the black puma. is an unincorporated town in Grant County, West Virginia, along the North Branch Potomac River. We got to the bow stand at daylight just off of the Potomac River and I helped him into the tree with a climbing stand then retreated back the grassy rd. But he had not gotten in the room fast enough it had moved rather quickly. Then the creature hissed, and moved toward the group, which sent them running. Since we?ve gotten a little older and the ground has gotten harder we have opted for a cabin at Watoga State Park the last 6 years. A West Virginia Mountain Cougar in the winter snow. As the ears looked really strange and small and the face seemed short just didnt dawn on me that it was a cat. A few minutes later I walked over to see that the big cat was tracking a deer and the cat track was 4 1/2 inches wide and looked to be about 6" to 7" long with the tail, a big head with small ears, black shiny hair with a long bushy tail.Submitted by: Ronnie SDate: Mon, January 21, 2008 11:45 am, After visiting your site I have decided to tell you of a sighting on a bow hunt with my 23 year old son who was 16 at the time. West Virginia State Wildlife Center, French Creek Picture: Mountain Lion - Check out Tripadvisor members' 19 candid photos and videos of West Virginia State Wildlife Center That same decade, the monster was seen by children who claimed a white, horned bear on two feet watched them play in their yard, a motorist saw it sitting in a ditch, and campers claim the sheepsquatch threatened them at their campsite in the evening, but wouldn’t approach the fire. It’s the ninth smallest state and has the twelfth smallest population, but West Virginia is scrappy. I did see onedead beside the freeway in the Bay Area once. Every state has its story of Bigfoot. Reports of encounters began to come in from all over the county, and the creature began to take another form. Mountain Lion Sighting North Mountain close to Gerrardstown, WV. I have found myself landing on it numerous times, whether researching ramps, bobcats, or mountain lions! In fact, most people never see this animal in the wild.... Kinnison Mountain seems like it would be good mountain lion habitat. One was either 1979 or 1980 in June. I later tried to talk to the DNR about it but they said we were making it up. Then never paid anymore attention to it for a while as I couldnt see it anymore. Until 1993, I was working for a Coal Company in Sharples WV, while riding with a fellow worker in a company pickup truck we were looking for deer and we spotted a set of eyes in the headlights about twenty five to thirty yards away, for at least a full minute neither one of us said a word, I think we were both in shock. I felt stupid right then. And some of them still do! area in Webster county that my dad had mined out, I was there alone dropping off a flatbed trailer to be loaded with supplies in the next few days. Description of the Mountain Lion. I have had two Moutain Lion sightings. that was spotted roaming in Wayne County, West Virginia. I was hunting in Morgan County, about 6 miles from Paw Paw, close to Detour Road. Here’s why. Webmaster's Note! Bennett is pretty sure the cat was a black cougar, the elusive cousin of the elusive mountain lion that has been reported in a variety of Virginia mountain counties but has yet to be proven to exist. We believe people in Churchville and the surrounding area need to be aware that definitely it's a possibility that there are mountain lions that come through this area. I know the sound of them because I do research on the internet of different animals. It continuedalong the logging road until it disappeared into some thick trees. WV., about three years ago. Mountains of West Virginia is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of West Virginia.This list includes mountains in the Appalachian range, which covers the entirety of the state. I saw a mountain lion briefly, from a distance of approx. It was late summer, (2006) around 7 in the evening, and we were on the side deck eating watermelon, watching the girl accross the road walk her lab dog, when I notice in the woods what I thought at first glance was a deer. Animal Folklore. Leadmine is known for the largest trees ever cut in West Virginia, White Oak. While fishing, an enormous turtle emerged from the water, and snatched a twelve-year-old boy from the shore. Webmaster's Note! It was about 75 yards away in a meadow. !Submitted by: Debbie Bond. We had noticed several deer tracks and then out of the blue notced a very different track following them. Art. Not a first-hand sighting, so post/do not post at your discretion. Murray has cared for four mountain lions since she took over the rescue in 1998. Four – the Virginia big-eared bat, the Indiana bat, the West Virginia northern flying squirrel and the extinct eastern cougar – are federally listed as endangered. I am greatful others have been seeing them and are posting their sightings on your site as well. Though the government states the species is extinct, hundreds of sightings are still reported on a daily basis, particularly after the 2011 sighting of a mountain lion in Greenwich, Conn. I'm 30 years old and scared to death for the safety of mydaughters. Webmaster's Note! They are definitely here in West Virginia. Dots on the map represent each mountain lion sighting. One member of the group shouted, and pointed toward two lights that loomed over the object. 4 Many ... (Sweanor, Linda. I tried to do a reverse Google images search for it, but it didn’t show anything. Hello, My name is Aaron. It was about 7:30 a.m. November 21, 2006 when I saw it walking through the field of our neighbor. On another note... Carlene and Sandy and all the others who have e-mailed me, I sent more pictures in to this site hope they are posted soon and hope you enjoy them! Although deputies and the reporter scoured the area, they found nothing that night. It was about 80lbs. Shanks West Virginia is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, the North Fork Little Cacapon River runs through Shanks WV. When it entered my scope, I was shocked to see what it was. That sighting was quickly followed by a family returning from a reunion seeing a tall goat-like creature step from the woods. We found this print while hiking on Wildlife Trail at Dolly Sods. Tail of the creature, Kinnison Mountain WV. We watch it for what seemed like a long time and then it bolted into the brush, we both looked at each other and said "HOLY S@%^ that was a Panther!". The camera was in the back seat but I was too stunned to reach for it. Some say maybe it was a bobcat or maybe it was a large housecat. My wife and I watched the cat walk up the hill through the woods and disappear at the crest of the hill (which is where our neighbor's yard is). In 2012, Joseph Holbrook, then a master’s degree candidate at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, conducted a study of the molecular ecology of mountain lions in New Mexico, West Texas and South Texas. Wether or not anyone ever believes me I thought I should let it be known I now believe that Panthers exist in WV. I know what deer, bobcat, fox, bear and every other animal look like because I've seen them all hundreds of times in the woods. I am guessing (the size of my German shepherd dog). Witnesses described it as looking more like a mechanical device than a flesh-and-blood monster. Nov 2, 2013 - The Scuttle Butt that I have been told was the Mountain Lions were exterminated decades ago from West Virginia. Lion. I didn't know how many goose bumps a person could have on there neck but I could feel every one of them, In shock and afraid to move I froze for a moment and the big cat never seen me and kept moving. Nov 2, 2013 - The Scuttle Butt that I have been told was the Mountain Lions were exterminated decades ago from West Virginia. population approx: 800. Comstock promoted the idea that mountain lions still roamed the West Virginia hills with a prank featuring a panther shipped in from out of state. My friend also saw it and we had about 30 seconds that it stood and looked at us. Black panthers exist. So unexpected that it's common for people to initially mistake them for panthers. Marshall County WV. Check these mountain loins out, tell me what you think. Three boys saw a bright light streak across the sky on 12 September 1952. One month ago my mother Celestine was taking my daughter Addie to baseball practice and had herfather in the car with them.. I am a college graduate and I work for AFLAC. Gormania, West Virginia, is in the Allegheny Mountains range comprising the western part of the Appalachian Mountains and near the borders of Virginia, Maryland and PennsylvaniaGormania WV. Thank you and have a nice day. Not noticing the man, it casually rose, and continued through the forest. By 1941-1942, Lionism grew to the point that District 29 divided into two sub-districts, 29-W and 29-V. Police and wildlife officials blamed the sightings on a rogue heron or Sandhill crane. mountain lion in montana - mountain lion stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images. These 10 Dangerous Animals Are Right Here In West Virginia. In 1990 I was at a old coal mine sight on the Gauley River rd. Upon my return to Pa. West Virginia State Wildlife Center, French Creek Picture: Mountain Lion - Check out Tripadvisor members' 19 candid photos and videos of West Virginia State Wildlife Center I walked to within 5 steps of the tree and I could not believe my eyes. The study sampled the genetic characteristics of nearly 300 lions … and I have been coming to that area for over 30 years. The 1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.It was the Mountaineers' 96th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent.The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Lion Suspect in Killing of boys Horse in daytimePlease read this and click on the link to look at pictures, one of the pictures is a picture of a ladies hand and the paw print. However, black panthers were reported in West Virginia as far back as the first settlers, and were taken seriously by science. It was an experience The lion continued up towards Cacapon mountain.Sincerely,Terry and Marsha Moore. I don't need to have there input if they were going to act like we needed to make up storiesjust to have something to talk about. Not all West Virginia’s monsters come from the TNT area, some come from space. Mountain lion photographed in California. This is when a greater than normal amount of dark pigment makes an animal appear black. 7) Red Fox. Legend has it a river monster the size of a bear but shaped like a turtle lurks in the Monongahela River in the northern part of West Virginia. "Mountain lions existed statewide at the time of European settlement, but presumably were extirpated from the state by the 1880s," a DGIF blog stated. The weirdness began in the 1990s when a hunter saw a white, man-like, goat-headed beast break from a line of brush, and stop to drink at a creek. One of the children dared a look, and saw a huge, dark, turtle-shaped bulk outside the home. about a mile from West LIberty when I saw what I thought at first glance was a deer. Hello, My name is Don Woods Jr. My wife's name is Margaret. And the other near our home in Leadmine, Tucker Co. During the American Civil War, fifty counties of the Confederate state Virginia split off to form their own state West Virginia. There have been several Mountain Lion/Cougar sightings in Morgan County West Virginia since June 2003. My fishing buddy saw it and we agreed that it was a young mountain lion. Tags Appalachian Black Panther bigfoot Flatwoods Monster Mothman Nun'Yunu'Wi Ogua Point Pleasant Sheepsquatch Stone Man TNT area. Leadmine, WV. Lion! and the zip code for the community is 26761. In Randolph County, for example, bounties were paid on 73 panthers between 1852 and 1859. I can assure you that what I saw was in facta mountain lion.Submitted by: Ken Vandevort. It was clearly a mountain lion. Copyright © Mysterious Universe. So I walked up into the rocks to prove it was ok to get down and he freaked out again. I'm from California and have spent quite a lot of time in the Sierras, Cascades, San Bernardinos, San Jacintos, and the Rockies. Presley Ridge in Laurel Park WV, Harrison County. Club extension and membership growth allowed the formation of an additional sub-district in 1959-1960. Explore {{searchView.params.phrase}} by color family {{familyColorButtonText(colorFamily.name)}} At first I wasn't sure what it was, I Could see a long tail and as I said before a large bodied animal. However, black panthers were reported in West Virginia as far back as the first settlers, and were taken seriously by science. One of my friends, Charlie Keaton (retired school teacher), was on the Scenic Highway 150 two weeks ago and saw a mountain lion cross the road in front of him. The Scuttle Butt that I have been told from reliably people was a Black Cougar/Mountain Lion was sighted in the woods of Flag Pond Tennessee in 2007 by the Hensley and Shelton boys. And consider yourself lucky to see any of the elusive cats that exist or may exist in West Virginia (bobcat, mountain lion,). 2 1/2 feet high with a body in excess of 4 feet long. She said it went up and stretched outon a log and just looked down and than went on it's way my daughter who is 8 years old says I've lived here in Four States for 8 years and have never seen one of those well her grandfathers looks at her and says AddieI've lived here for 73 years and I've never seen anything like that before so they went on to practice and whenshe got home she called the DNR and they laughed at her told her to get a pic of it or show some kind of a signthat there is one near.. She told them that she wasn't gonna go hunting for this big cat that it's there responsibilityto go look for this thing.. Well Last night May 26,2008 I went to take the garbage up to the end of the drivewayand I made it as far as the sidewalk when I heard sounding like a cat growling and I said oh God that's not alittle house cat.. Three days later, Roger and Linda Scarberry and Steve and Mary Mallette of nearby Point Pleasant were parking at the TNT area, a 3,000-acre swatch of forests, wetland and farms that is home to an abandoned World War II munitions factory outside town, when they saw something that would haunt them for years. One came to her as the result of an owner's divorce. The image is of a “mountain lion” (oh I loathe that name for them!) I thought you might be interested in what I saw. We?ve camped in the Cranberry area many many times as well as the Greenbrier river area and Pocahontas county. The dogs were barking at it but they would not go right to it, which was odd cause they always go to a dog passing by and check it out but they would not get too close, then we rode our bikes a little faster and I could see it was cat, but couldnt believe my eyes, then it finally took off running not real fast but yet way ahead of us and it leaped up the side of the hill maybe a 8 or 10 ft jump. In fact, most people never see this animal in the wild.... Four States, WV seems like it would be good mountain lion habitat. My stepbrother, and I at the time were teenagers and lived at Horner WV, Lewis County was about a mile from Stonecoal Lake. An 1843 book by Sir William Jardine, “The Naturalist’s Library, Mammalia, Vol. this would have happened in the Churchville area of Lewis County, WV.From: Katrina PoseySubject: Mt. Is it possible that this was done by a mountain lion.