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MOUNTAIN LION SPOTTED? - Early last summer I briefly saw a large cat cross the road.
I live on Island Run,( Roane County) only a couple miles
from Sunny Cal, off Pink Road.
It was early in the morning and I was driving off the hill on my
way to work. I was perhaps 50 yards away when it crossed
the road in front of me.
It was the color of a deer and was moving very fast,
Head to tail appeared to nearly fill the width of the road.
It was much to low to the ground to be a deer and moved to fast.
In years past I have seen the tracks of big cats,
a pair of them, large and small, I assumed a male and female
walked across my freshly diced garden, about 200 yards
from our home on top of Island Run hill.
Alan Brant
SCREAMED LIKE A WOMAN! - I was reading your article about the mountain lions. When I came to the part
about them screaming like dying women, this sent shivers down my spine.
Just
a few years ago, when we lived on a farm on Little Creek Road, I was
"exploring" up the hollow in front of our house. I did this quite frequently, as
there was nothing better to do.
I had been out for awhile and was rather far
from home when I heard this horrible screaming sound that just echoed though the
hollow.
I was certain that someone was being murdered and I was probably
going to be next.
The screams went on for what seemed like forever and it
sounded just like a woman.
I was terrified, I ran as fast as my legs would go. To this day, I have never went up that hollow alone again. I am now assuming
that this sound was in fact a mountain lion and not a dying woman, thanks to
your article. That puts the mind to ease, a little.
Kelly (Arthur) Edwards
If you have a Calhoun mountain lion spotting, we'd like to hear from you.
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