Newaygo County, Michigan Cougar Sighting
Reported Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:09 PM to www.savethecougar.org

"My wife and I saw what had to be a Mountain Lion (Cougar) crossing M-37, just north of the old sports park, north of Newaygo about 4 miles. It was about 7:15 in the evening on August 11th and it was still very sunny and bright. The cat was heading from west to east and it only took a couple of bounds for it to clear the road and disappear into the oaks. I had heard of sightings in the area before but seeing it for yourself certainly removes us from the list of being unsure.

  It also may clear up some questions about an experience from earlier in the summer when we heard a whitetail doe snorting over and over late on a Friday night. The next day she was still in sight of our house and acting very peculiar  and I could hear a fawn bleating repeatedly. When I investigated I found the fawn standing in the middle of a stream with claw marks on top of its head. The marks were about an inch apart and looked to be down to the skull in several places. I guessed that what ever had attacked the fawn must have killed its twin and that the doe was still trying to find it. I am sure if what had attacked the deer was a bear a blow to the head of the fawn would have snapped its neck, so I was guessing a bobcat, but now I wonder if it was a larger variety.

R. H.
Newaygo, Mi."

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