Saturday, June 9, 2012

Readers Write - Cougar in Kal Lake Park

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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2 comments:

Greg Ockert said...

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.

Anonymous said...

"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"

I 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.

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