Comments on: Cougars In Westport

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:40:46 +0000

The cougar has a teritory of 100 square miles

One living in Cos Cob is extremely UNLIKELY as it would have to pass through Stamford, Bridgeport, ETC to get to the woods

By: David

David — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:22:21 +0000

We live on Cat Rock Rd right behind Bible St.
To those who don’t know the aria, it’s a heavily wooded with lots of rocky hills with plenty of space where a big cat can go unnoticed.
We have seen the big cat three times over the past 6 years. We have called animal control several times only to be brushed off & were told “there are no mountain lions in CT”.
The mountain lion seems to roam & will go unseen for quite a long time. When he/she is in the area, the deer disappear.

By: ppropp

ppropp — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:27:02 +0000

We spend a lot of time in the southern Berkshires, right on the Litchfield County line. One morning I was sitting on the porch when a long feline animal emerged from the tall grass on one side of the driveway, paused in the middle of the driveway, took a look at me (about 200 yards away, thank God) and then proceeded on their way to the grass on the other side. It was gorgeous!!

By: Sue Clarke

Sue Clarke — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:42:10 +0000

It’s amazing what comes into our backyards at night……We all should be a little more aware.
In Cos Cob that night, My husband and I saw a mountain lion. Although the tracks we found the next day were inconclusive, they were large and there. I have spoken with numerous wild life people and the cat keeper at the beardsley zoo.
They have all told me it’s totally possible.
We know for sure, We saw it. Very cool.

By: Elaine Clayton

Elaine Clayton — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:17:35 +0000

When we lived in Litchfield Co. I saw a mountain lion on our winding country road near mid-night one night. I asked a neighbor (thinking she’d laugh at me) and she said,”Oh, yes, I’ve seen that mountain lion!” There is always controversy over whether or not they really are out there. There is no mistaking them, though. They have that long “vacuum cleaner” tail, and they are not very spooked by people at all, in fact, the one I saw just seemed annoyed at the car headlights but did not rush to get out of the way. I wouldn’t doubt if they found a way to live all throughout CT, in the woods, etc.