OMG-- I had to share this photo with you. This was taken
by a nursing colleague by accident in Kal Park. She was at the juncture where
you can go left to the Pet Beach or right to the trail west and her young kids
were jumping around and she said stop I want to take you picture with that
background. She got her camera ready and out of the corner of her eye, she was
this movement and thought it was a bird. She turned with her camera and snapped
a picture of this cougar. It was in a tree practically above them. She
gathered her children without taking her eye off the cat and slowly backed
away. The cat did not move. She thinks it had been sleeping and awoke with the
noise of the children. She alerted the conservation authority--she is not sure
what happened after that. She warned other people who were walking down the
path but most were so in awe and upset they did not have a camera--she said no
one was worried that this was a WILD Animal.
Great photo--it is not even blurry! I would be shaking
with fear.
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A cat (probably the same one) was seen behind properties on Ponderosa last week. It was not frightened of humans and hung around for 15 minutes or so.
ReplyDelete"She warned other people who were walking down the path but most were so in awe and upset they did not have a camera--she said no one was worried that this was a WILD Animal"
ReplyDeleteI do hope no one went to have a look at the cougar which would further its tolerance and lack of fear of humans.
We all know how that ends.