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to that.=C2=A0 I believe I did take a photo at the time though, but=C2=A0do= ------=_Part_1142251_251789142.1416161304906 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes Jamie cougars are great for stories.Go to a pub in New Glasgow on Satur= day evening, you couldfill a book. Lots of fun!One of my best stories was o= nce a fellow told me there was a cougarwith 5 kittens near where he lived. = I had to go see.When we got there we needed to walk back in the woods a bit= and on the way we passed a pasture field with perhaps 20 ewes and their lam= bs.Lovely Suffolk sheep my favorite breed. but if you were to measure their= IQ for=C2=A0the avoiding danger in the form of big teeth, Suffolk would ra= te near the bottomof the pile with Cluns near the top. Anyway I said to the= fellow if he knew the farmer who owned the sheep.He assured me he did - an= d I asked if the farmer had any problems lately?No he said the farmer a few= days ago had said what a good summer they were having.Now if there was a f= emale cougar with 5 kittens within walking distance, thosesheep would not b= e having a good summer. In fact their numbers would be decreasing rapidly.A= nd CWS agreed with me when they phoned and asked my opinion of the story!En= joy the storiesPaul On Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:21 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gm= ail.com> wrote: =C2=A0=20 Angela Thanks for chasing it down.=C2=A0 A healthy skepticism (aka a well tuned BS= Detector) is certainly required dealing with all things interweb.=C2=A0 And yet... I know a few very credible witnesses, woods-wise and not given t= o hyperbole, who have convinced me of their eyewitness accounts.=C2=A0 Cert= ainly there are enough deer to go around.=C2=A0 And another top shelf carni= vore (the Eastern Coyote) has certainly been successful moving into the are= a... Regards Jamie SimpsonHantsport NS=C2=A0 On 16 November 2014 12:51, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: Many moons ago now.=C2=A0 Well maybe not that long, just about 29 or 30 yea= rs ago, there were many sightings and reports of the Eastern Cougar in East= LaHave.=C2=A0 This was just after they clearcut straight across from Daysp= ring to the LaHave River and razed the common land of the huge trees that e= xisted there.=C2=A0 Also, the common land behind the mines road and around = to what the locals called the Beaver Dam.=C2=A0=C2=A0So cougars were being = seen close to habitation after this happened for a few years.=C2=A0 I've no= t heard of any recent reports.=C2=A0 Around that time my brother had been o= ut deer hunting and saw two cats rolling in the middle of the road with lon= g tails.=C2=A0 The were cougar cubs and as he approached one ran to either = side of the road and up trees.=C2=A0 My brother then heard a growl and look= ed up to see the mother in a tree above his head.=C2=A0 He made a quick ret= reat.=C2=A0 After that we found tracks in the yard outside of our recidence= in East LaHave.=C2=A0 Three inches across and the obvious cat tracks.=C2= =A0 There were also tracks in Indian Path in the gravel pit there and heade= d up towards the common land between there and Riverport.=C2=A0 Which is no= w a public trail system.=C2=A0 I contacted DNR at the time and by the time = a response happened all signs of the cougar had been removed due to heavy r= ain.=C2=A0 I had tried to unsuccessfully make a plaster cast of one of the = tracks prior to that.=C2=A0 I believe I did take a photo at the time though= , but=C2=A0don't know where exactly to put my hands on it now.=C2=A0 Many p= eople in the area of East LaHave saw these cougars at the time, but I'm not= sure if any ever reported it to those that needed to know.=C2=A0 I also kn= ow that sightings occurred across the River in the area of LaHave, Pleasant= ville.=C2=A0 A sighting was made by a person who at that time worked for DN= R.=C2=A0 I believe that sighting was washed under the table as no proof=C2= =A0happened.=C2=A0 Anyhow, I'm confident due to the number of sightings and= that of my brother that they did exist here.=C2=A0 My brother knows his st= uff.=C2=A0 So as they say no proof,=C2=A0no existence.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 James R. Hirtle LaHave=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Purported SW NS Eastern Cougar Photo From: cpruggles@eastlink.ca Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:27:35 -0400 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca I know there is a lot of disbelief about cougars in NS, but My wife and I s= aw one while driving up to Cape Breton in the late 1960's. I was quite fami= liar with these critters from several sightings on Vancouver Island while c= onducting salmon research.Paul. On 2014-11-16, at 10:10 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot wrote: https://plus.google.com/105279604431231931414/posts/2htv7BRj6Aj I no nothing of the provenance of this yet so no warranty to it's validity = etc.=C2=A0 Purportedly near Weymouth NS, certainly the background and time = of day could be SW Nova. Still messing with Google+ but this is is shared publicly so hopefully no a= cct/login necessary.=C2=A0 Let me know how it works.=C2=A0 If I can track d= own anything further I'll post. --=20 Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS =20 --=20 Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS ------=_Part_1142251_251789142.1416161304906 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14px"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span>Yes Jamie cougars are great for storie= s.</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><span>Go to a pub in New Glasgow on Saturda= y evening, you could</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><span>fill a book. Lots o= f fun!</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><span>One of my best stories was once a= fellow told me there was a cougar</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><span>with = 5 kittens near where he lived. I had to go see.</span></div><div id=3D"yui_= 3_16_0_1_1416160253019_2952" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_141616025= 3019_2951">When we got there we needed to walk back in the woods a bit</spa= n></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416160253019_2956" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_1_1416160253019_2955">and on the way we passed a pasture field = with perhaps 20 ewes and their lambs.</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1= 416160253019_2950" dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416160253019_2959"= >Lovely Suffolk sheep my favorite breed. but if you were to measure their I= Q for</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416160253019_3821" dir=3D"ltr"><= span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416160253019_3287"> the avoiding dan