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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) Posted: Dec 12, 2012 --
A mystery in Shelby County has people on high alert.
Something is on the prowl, attacking animals and leaving them for dead.
People say a creature attacked nine goats and about three to four calves in the past couple weeks.
Rust Newton, Deputy County Judge Executive, says, "It's not doing it to kill the animal to eat, these animals are just being mulled. That's where the mystery is at this point."
Neighbors say it lurks in the woods, and only comes out at night.
No one has seen the creature, but people are on the lookout. A couple found what they believe are tracks from the animal.
Frank Edwards lives in the area. He says, "We've got trail cameras out, we've got traps out it's like it's smarter than we are." County officials are holding a meeting Monday night at 6:30 in Waddy to inform neighbors.
Despite eyewitness accounts, it is unlikely that a cougar would be hunting in the mountains of Letcher County — or anywhere else in Kentucky for that matter, said a spokesman with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife in Frankfort.
“There’s nothing documented that there is one in the state,” said Mark Marraccini. “We haven’t had any confirmed sightings at all. While they are native to the state, they have been absent for over a century.”
Cougars are officially classified as extinct in Kentucky, and wildlife officials believe that people who think they saw a cougar must have actually seen a large bobcat. Bobcats do roam eastern Kentucky, where they hunt small prey such as rabbits, squirrels and rodents. Bobcats have short tails and can grow to about 20 to 45 pounds. Cougars have much longer tails than bobcats and can weigh anywhere between 80 and 200 pounds.
Kharkiv, Ukraine. A russian man wakes and is met with a terrifying sight. his rabbit farm has been raided overnight by what he suspect to have been a Chupacabra.
Chupacabra (goat sucker) is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. i have no idea how it made it all the way to the Ukraine, but regardless, 73 of the poor critters were found dead.
Some were aledgedly smothered in their cells, while most of them were found scattered around the yard. all with neck injuries and broken bones.
Foot prints similar to those made by a dog were spotted. the beast just nudged the gate a bit and made it's way in, while the two guard dogs never made a sound. almost as if they were too scared.
Originally posted by N3k9Ni
That's a cougar track. As for the cat being smarter than they are... well, it's Kentucky.
Originally posted by gemineye
Originally posted by N3k9Ni
That's a cougar track. As for the cat being smarter than they are... well, it's Kentucky.
I was going to reply and sound all pissy, but then I got to thinking about some of the people I know around here and well... there are some dumb people around these parts, lol.
Originally posted by mwood
That's a mountain Lion, Cougar track.
Don't believe that their "extinct" around ANY area. They can and will thrive in any area where there is cover (woods) and game to eat.
There weren't supposed to be any in Lower Michigan either and when I saw one in 1985 and reported it the local law enforcement laughed at me and made jokes. Then more sightings started happening and dead animals started showing up.
I live in Arizona and Big cats are a part of life here and I am VERY used to them. I would bet money that's what this is and for sure that's what the track s from.
Jaguars, the third-largest cats after lions and tigers—and the biggest in the Western Hemisphere—used to live here. During the 18th and 19th centuries they were spotted in Arizona, New Mexico, California and Texas. Sometimes the cats roamed as far east as North Carolina and as far north as Colorado.