Unknown scat in central Ohio- what creature made this? Warning- GROSS!

Whatever made it, definitely ate a 7-layer burrito from Taco Bell as you can tell by the scat-stratification.

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

Wasn't Hillary there last week?

I looked at a species index on the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website.
I didn't see bear or coyote listed.
The largest animals I saw were raccoons, badgers, and bobcats.
There is no way any of those critters dumped that mighty load.

a reply to: skunkape23

wildlife.ohiodnr.gov...

Historically, black bears roamed the Buckeye State. Unfortunately, unregulated hunting and habitat loss rendered bears extirpated from Ohio by 1850. Today, Ohio is again home to a small but growing population of black bears. Ohio’s bear population is estimated to be anywhere from 50-100 individual bears.

Seems like they do have black bears.

a reply to: Pimpish
Black bears do seem to get around.
I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of one in the swampy woods in coastal Texas.
I saw a black, hairy, upright torso in the thicket.
My first impression was "Bigfoot!" I speed-walked to my canoe and got out the area.

I've talked to the owner of the property behind me which is farm land as well as a large woods. The woods are leased to a hunting club, and they have trail cams everywhere. The owner has never seen scat like that, has never seen a bear and she has been here her whole life and has been all over the place on 4 wheelers.

She is sending the pics to the members of the club and seeing if they've seen anything or caught anything on the cams. I hope I hear something soon.

The hunters' verdict is raccoon poo and they have seen zero bears.

I've got a couple ears of corn outside the door- the motion light will come on if anything shows up and my dog will then make sure I get up.

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

That was mine. Sorry guys

Looks like it`s getting plenty of fiber.Black bear have more of a rabbit droppings look, bigger of course but many spherical dung balls piled up. This thing looks like a painful delivery was had,guaranteed to rip your behyman on the way out.

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

When I read

This pile was about twenty feet...

I thought it was going to say 'across'.