A 130 pound cougar cornered me once in a bar in southern Ohio one Saturday night. I narrowly escaped when after I stopped buying her drinks, I ran out the side door while she was distracted by the bartender shining a laser pointer on the wall. It’s still sends shivers down my spine when I think about that close call. 😾
I got to see one on my grandfather's property in Temple Texas about 6 years ago. The place is overwhelmed with deer so no surprise that their was a mountain lion. One of the greatest privileges I've ever experienced. That experience has made cats my favorite animal. Everything from house cats to big cats with snow leopards being my favorite.
We have had neighbors see mountain lions inside Dana Peak Park near Harker Heights. We also had one videoed inside our neighborhood next to the park. Been a while though since any other sitings.
I live in northeast Texas. About 11 miles west of Texarkana. About 6 months ago, a mountain lion ran across the road, in front of my car. There was no mistaking the exceedingly long tail and the sheer size of this cat. He was at a dead run, breaking out from a wooded area on my left to access another wooded area to my right. I saw him/her cross about a 60+ foot distance. It was amazing.
One was caught on a security camera last week in a backyard in Frisco, TX. And one near Lake Dallas too. They think it may be the same one, but said it could be two different cats...
@trevorclarke9681 Oh wow..that sounds pretty cool to see. They've spotted one since my last post in Plano too. I can handle the bobcats, but a mountain lion is a little large for my liking.
I’ve seen a full grown mountain lion along Brushy Creek in east Round Rock, just a few miles east of I-35. It’s amazing to think of one going west to east along the creek, & passing through/underneath the very busy I-35 corridor. Around the same time, there were also many sightings & livestock attacks/deaths in Hutto near Brushy Creek, a bit further east of where I had my sighting. When I saw mine, it was crouched in the shade beneath a mesquite/shrub tree near the green-belt of the creek. I was about 20-25 yds away, & making steady eye contact. I took a few slow steps closer, and it slowly stood up, turned sideways, slowly stretched itself out, & turned around to walk down the small hill behind it. I can never forget that stoic face staring back at me, its stretched out side, & that long skinny tail. Beautiful. I’ve seen many large bobcats in this area too, but they’re relatively common. I have pictures & video of a big one. Seeing a momma bobcat & her two cubs stumbling over each other once was a treat.
I saw a huge black one in east Texas one morning plain as day about 10 years ago. It was chasing a rabbit in a clearing near the intersection of two rural roads between Winnsboro and Mt. Vernon. I was in my work truck. When the cat saw me, it ran one way and the rabbit ran the other. I bet that rabbit was glad to see me. There have been many sightings in NE Texas.
Live about 8 miles south of Waco. The area is slowly developing with new homes. For the last 2 years have gotten at least 3 game cam photos of mountain lion. Saw the cat early January '24, at dusk . The cat was at the edge of a treeline. Deer activity has decreased big time in this pasture.
i hunt on 3,800 acres about 20 miles outside of Hebbronville, Tx. and in the last 2 years have 17 trail camera pictures of 5 different cats. An "expert" from Texas Parks and Wildlife looked over the pictures and video and determined 4 females and 1 Tom.
I have two stories to tell. First, when I was five and a half, I decided that since i wasn't getting enough attention I'd walk over to my Grandpa's house. About three city blocks away, but we didn't live in the city, rather the edge of our then still little town. Everywhere around that wasn't houses was farming or ranches. So I , being nearly three feet tall, but not quite, came down my hill and around the corner of our street. Coming around the far corner of our "block" was a mountain lion, nearly but not quite, so tall as myself. I've since measured, about 110 yards from corner to corner, with a low spot that drained from my left to right nearer her than me, with lots of brush along side. I knew that if I turned and ran, I'd be chased. Wisdom or folk tales from my elders I expect, but I'm not sure. I was little and it was a long time ago. So, what my stupid little self did, was clench my fists and keep walking down the 'street' to go see grandpa, right towards a mountain lion. It stepped off the road into the low spot on my right and into the bushes, I kept straight on, though on the left side of the road until I turned right onto my grandpa's street. There were houses and dogs and livestock now between me and where I'd seen the cougar so I was less worried. Arrived safely at grandpas and told him the story of my journey. I don't think he believed me at first, but after i told the same story a few times and described the animal I'd see, he brought his chickens in and didn't let me walk home. (less than 1/10th of a mile). One of my strongest memories from my childhood. I can still feel my fists bunched up whenever I think back on it, and the look on Grandpas face when he started to believe me. Ask me about the second story if you're interested, I'm tired of typing instead of watching videos :P
My wife and I were blessed too have a mountain lion give birth on our property in 2019. She walked through our yard all last spring and summer and never attacked me domestic cats. What a beautiful family😻💞💕💓.
Wow how cool! You got to see her raise her kittens and everything? They usually bury their pray in the ground somewhere else and come back to it over time. So were you able to see her catch anything ike a deer?
There are some in north Texas, one was killed by a truck close to Possum Kingdom Lake, it was a big one. I’ve seen a glimpse of one while running at Big Cedar trails (Dallas) It wasn’t a bobcat or a house cat, it was huge with a long tail. I saw him from top of a hill, I turned back around, got in my car and left, since I was running alone.
I saw a mountain lion hunting down a deer once. It happened in a flash and was terribly sad but amazing to see. It’s rare to even see one but to see one actively chasing down a deer on a small island on a Colorado lake while on a boat was a once in a lifetime moment.
2:21 I just witnessed a large cat cross the road near chemical row in Orange, Texas. It was the size of a bobcat but had a long tail. The tail and body were the same color-tan or medium brown.
I saw one from about 200yards away crossing the street, at night, in Castroville TX. 2004-05. It looked like a panther, even as it walked under the streetlight, it looked black, but I knew better. It was definitely a cat, the way their front shoulders move is visible from even 200yrds away. It just casually strutted across the street. It was huge, I didn't think mountain lions got that big. The closed the local park down there a few months ago in 2019, cause of a mountain lion sighting on one of the trails.
Saw one on my property when I was a teen, outside of yoakum tx (near Victoria) I was sitting at the pond fishing and I felt something behind me, I jumped up and I guess I startled it, but he was maybe 10 feet from me. He growled at me and ran away instantly right when I jumped up. Before I could even do anything else he was gone. Idk if he planned on attacking me or what but all these years later I never forget looking that big ol cat face to face
My daughter took pics & video of a big black one out frolicking in the sun. Game wardens finally confirmed 2 adult cougars are in her area but said nothing about the color. Close to Palestine TX. And my neighbor has seen 3 very big "orange" ones on our property, and his ranch hand saw 2 black adults with babies. Now another neighbor saw 2 long-tailed spotted baby cats out here a couple weeks ago. I have seen many tracks very close to the house . We are east of I-35, just west of Palestine off I-45 and have a lot of deer- I watched 5 in my front yard area last night. I know the big cats are out here, I've even heard them "scream" and don't care to again! Just haven't seen one myself.
@LS99 @LS99 I do too 🤣 And of course her pics & videos were horrible & grainy just like those bigfoot ones we've all seen! But yeah, she was a little shook at the moment because she was at her mailbox a 1/4 mile down the driveway & it was across the road in a field. I'm gonna tell her she better go live next time because hahaha yeah right! Wait, that would probably look fake like my comment above. Maybe she should follow it till the game warden gets there, yeah that might work! I'm sure she'll be sitting down by the mailbox every day now with some venison trests, waiting for one to wander by in the middle of a sunny afternoon again. You know how those house cats can look like the big cats that are only found in areas where they've been officially identified, especially when they're over a football field away. You'd think a 6' tall gal would know the difference between a big kitty and a dang "mountain lion". And these darn smartphones & their grainy videos - it must have been a pink panther. Glad to entertain you!
Given the number of humans in lion country there are very few attacks. Usually the lions are injured, very old or ill. It’s terrible when it happens but nit a reason to persecute them I’ve been up close several times in the Southwest and never attacked or bothered. I know that if one of them had fit in the above category, things might have been different, but all three were young and healthy...two were down in Tucson during droughts and hanging around to drink from swimming pools. One parked herself in my parents’ roof for the duration if the drought. She was. Very polite and so beautiful.
Around 2008 or 2009 I think I saw one of these in south Louisiana. It ran across the street in a rural neighborhood. We have bobcats and bears and we used to have panthers but they haven’t been seen for a long time. Everyone I’ve spoken to says it’s not possible to see a big cat like this in our region but I know what I saw. It scared the living daylights out of me.
I'm here cause I'm worried one might be stalking me on my fishing spot. Not sure if its dog prints or a mountiain lion's. But either way Spring Creek is east of I-45 isn't it? Odds should be slim. But been seeing tracks often, fresh in the creek bed where I fish. Not sure if its a dog or a cat. Can't tell by the prints. The other night riding home after fishing from 5pm-9pm I saw two green eyes in front of me, like glowing orbs. Had to stop my bike and bark/yell cause the thing wasn't moving and was sitting like a big dog. Eyes were like 1-2 inches apart. Looked at me head on. Can't tell if it was a deer, some huge dog. Or a big cat, maybe it was a coyote but the prints at the creek had sharp and deep claws that went at least half an inch into the sand, the size of this thing the same night pairs up. Had my headlamp on and switched on the kill light and started yelling till it ran off in the woods to my right. Thing was maybe 10 or so feet in front of me to my left, he was on the steep slant of the pipeline. Not sure if he was stalking me in the dark. Thing looked white/brownish. And an edited note, think I'll be fishing the nearby pond and lake conroe when I can. Which sucks, cause I been pulling bass after bass out of that spot. Same with panfish and catfish. Its a decent hole. Just as of late seems like a territorial hunting ground for some hercules sized cat. Apparently they hunt from dawn to dusk so it makes sense I would encounter one at all at like 9:40ish when it got pitch black out. Either way if I keep fishing down there gonna need more than my skin knife for that thing.
Idk what this guys talkin about, they're all over the state even in East Texas. My Dad and my Brother saw one on the road late at night over at Lake Davy Crockett next the the caddo national grasslands
@@DoctorSess hell i live here right next to Dallas, and we just had one in town a month or 2 ago, he was hunting the creek that ran down to Lake Ray Hubbard, some dude out deer hunting up north killed the cat unfortunately.
my neighbor that lives behind me, on their horse ranch , called me to let me know a 'cougar' drinks from their pond at dusk and early morning.......then, a few days later she called to let me know they found their Rhodesian Ridgeback hound, drowned in the pond and pretty torn up..........my RR hound is 75 - 79 lbs.....depends on the season....now, my dogs are house dogs at night and i'm out with them in daylight....our properties are rural and partially wooded.....i have not seen it....
There are at least 4 that I know of in Bastrop County which is east of I-35. The Hyett resort will even take guest out with night vision goggles to view one that lives mostly on their property.
@user-ez8yh9tf9u they leave paw prints on the banks of the Colorado River if you know where to look. It is definitely a healthy population. Plenty of deer to eat
In 2016 I went on a dove hunt at the Las Palomas WMA Arroyo Colorado unit near Rio Hondo TX. As I was walking out to the field I see a huge black cat walking along a narrow dirt road on the property. The first thing I thought was a black panther. I watched that cat for a good 3 minutes as clear as day. I thought theres no way, it has to be a mountain lion. But the body way too big and wider. And it was black black. It was a big body cat. I have the image burned in my mind. I watched it cross the road, then it saw me it stopped and walked into the woods. I tried to hunt but after 10mins and knowing it was out there I left. No one believes me but I dont care. I know what I saw. I just wanted to share my story.
I saw an adult Cougar crossing FM 2265 1/4 mile from my home in Alvord, TX in the middle of the day. It was coming off LBJ National Grasslands property.
I saw a juvenile cougar in Harrison County. It was crossing an open area in a slow lope. My game camera cought another one on our property in Gregg County
We live in San Jac County, East Texas out in the country. Without a doubt, we've seen two mountain lions in 4 months. One in June 2019, the other one last night Oct. 29, 2019.
I saw one 2 nights ago and took pictures in Chappell Hill, Texas in the Bluebonnet Hills Subdivision around 6:30pm. There are an abundance of deer in that subdivision. It was eating or drinking something behind a house and then sauntered off to the revive. Not a care in the world. Beautiful animal and I’m glad I got to see it.
in the benavides texas area during the mid 1980s i saw a very large black cat that looked like a mountain lion with 2 babies following.. it was maybe 75 feet away and daylight out.. it was in a cleared area around the perimeter fences almost as wide as the roads.. she came out into the clearing.. stopped and looked my way then they just slowly crossed the clearing and were back into the brush.. the babies were larger then house cats so i am certain it was not a house cat .. i dont know if maybe it was a pet that escaped or naturally there or possibly escaped from a hunting ranch as regulations and policing were beyond relaxed during that time
As far as not being East of I-35 in Texas, that is nonsense. I was a railroad engineer for over 32 years between Dallas and Shreveport, La. and have seen at least 5 mountain lions at 50yds or less, one of which was black. Also I worked some North and West of Dallas. About 3pm on day just outside of West Denton city limits I was stopped on a train next to a pasture with private road crossing between 2 pastures and there was a ditch with a large culvert directly below my engine operating cab which was about 8ft below my window at which time I was given a signal to back up. I acknowledged the signal by blowing 3 short blasts on the train whistle and saw a full grown BLACK mountain lion emerge from that culvert just below me (abt 8ft away) and trotted off thru a coral and barn yard. I was not alone on the engine as there was another train crew member with me and I ask him "what is that" and he replied it ain't no damn dog. I saw another Black mountain lion in Travis County, Texas while deer hunting. So there are big cats in all parts of Texas and some are BLACK, I don't care what Texas Fish and Game says. They either don't want to admit to their existance or they just don't know what they are talking about!!!
I live on the east coast and I can assure you I have seen adult and juvenile mountain lions, panthers, cougars, catamounts, whatever you want to call them. I have also seen an adult black panther in the clear light of day cross my driveway when I lived in rural NY. A local hunter also saw a black panther in this area. Some have been fortunate enough to get photos of the tawny colored cats. There is no mistaking a mountain lion for anything else unless you're clueless. All 3 sightings I've had have been in rural NY on the border of MA.
There's definitely No Mountain Lions in NY because they would be killing everyone's animals and you would see someone hit one with a car.. Definitely not in NY.CALL ECON
@@bobquattrini1787 and how exactly do YOU KNOW there haven't been animals killed or a lion hit by a car??? Oh wait!! You don't!!! There may not be a confirmed population, but there are confirmed sightings........ Missouri doesn't have a confirmed population, BUT there have been 86 confirmed sightings and we just pulled a dead mountain lion off of the highway in south St. Louis city. So put that in your pipe and smoke it!!
@@bobquattrini1787 Mountain lion sightings have been confirmed from Maine to North Carolina. Connecticut claims there are no mountain lions in the state and now, you say, New York state also? What do the mountain lions do when they reach the state line? Go around? I think they are very, very elusive and very cautious around people and traffic so it's unlikely you'll ever see one in NY or CT but they are out there. I have seen bobcats in CT and MA so why not mountain lions? There sure is plenty of deer, rabbits and rodents.
I lived in TX for 30 years and camped all over Central Texas and never saw any signs of these cats. After moving to Colorado 36 years ago, however, I've seen 5 mountain lions within 5 miles of my house and a couple more at greater distances.
That's because the second they are seen they are killed. People in texas have no respect for the wildlife here, "see it KILL IT!" as they say. This is partly why texas has such a pathetic wild ecosystem. We lost bison, elk, larger mountain lions, jaguars, wolves, bears ETC. Ever wondered why texas mountain lions are so small and malnourished looking compared to other mountain lions? Well there's your answer, they barely got anything to eat and all of the big prey items are extinct so they grow smaller and are in very small numbers. Though any airheaded Texan will tell you "THERES MORE THAN THERE SEEMS BROTHEEERRR, THURR EVERYWHERE!" All they want to do is kill something, got nothing better to do apperantly.
I go out, alone and unarmed, all night, in the Santa Cruz Mountains trying to trigger a Mountain Lion encounter, while livestreaming on TH-cam. I chase Coyotes, find endless deer carcasses and bones and I had a Bobcat encounter at 3 AM in the last live quest. Thanks for this info on the Texas cats! Good video!
Last October me and my husband saw a mountain loin right after sunrise we headed to a a house we where being paid to remodel between Carlton tx and Purvs tx both ghost towns, it was walking across the two lane road to a bobbed wire fence its tail was as long as its body and it was a beautiful deep redish brown color. It leaped over the fence and was camouflaged instantly in the only patch of tall grass. We knew exactly where it was but could not see it at all after it hid. It was amazing how quickly and well it could hide. It was about the size of a large lab. It looked very thin and possibly young with its size. I looked it up as I had never seen any pictures or big cats quite the red color it was and found one that looked exactly like it but the article said that cat had not been seen in Texas for over 100 years. We both got a very good look at it and would bet it was that type of loin.
TPWD should add Gregg Co.TX. to the list. There are black & tan cats here especially down in the Sabine River bottom. I know people that live in that area & many East Texans have seen & heard them.
Pictures of game cams have them spotted in Denton, Texas, all along the Red River, Montague and Wise Counties. They are far more prevalent than the video states.
I live in north east Texas and have seen 3 in the past year and caught a momma and her Cubs on deer cam and my mother in law has a female one pass thru every 6 -8 months they are extremely popular in Northeast Texas all along the red River from Bonham to Jefferson.. they eat small alligators around Jefferson tx
I also live in NE Texas close to Maud, and I have seen mountain lions on many occasions over the past 10 years. I recently witnessed a fairly large one chasing a wild hog near Wright Patman Lake. It saw my truck and broke off the chase. I bet the hog was happy. LOL!
@@nickmasters1636 My family owns land on Sulphur River in Red River County and we've heard sightings from locals for years but I personally have never seen one.
I came across one at Brazos Bend State Park. It was tall and scrawny like it may have been adolescent with a long tail. I'm 5 foot and it was atleast 3 foot. My dad has taken photos of bobcat there. I was so excited I chased it trying to get a photo but it was gone so fast. It almost ran into me at dusk on an overlook.
My step dad and a Native American tracker, tracked one out in the brush for a week. The tracker they hired said it was huge 200+ pounder judging by its paw prints. It had been terrorizing the farmers in the Pandale, Tx area taking down cows, dogs, whatever it could. I don't think they ever found it, but my step dad did find it's tracks circling his outhouse after he had went to the outhouse after dark. True story, my step dad was an avid hunter and lived as far north as Canada out in the brush with my mom. weird fact, the Sheriff of the closest town had given my step dad a badge to police Pandale which is 60 miles down dirt road from the closest town.
I've seen one on the edge of Bryan tx I was about six exploring an abondend property behind ours at the edge of the country and we were about to enter an old barn and I saw it just watching from about 70ft away and I told my friend run and he said why and I just said run but I guess when I yelled run and also ran it scared it cause it soon ran the other way too but damn I jumped a full sized barbed wire fence and indent know I could jump that high
@@MIKE2111ful I don't know what your chances are of seeing one, since that's pretty rare to see them out in the open when people are around, but it was at the park near the intersection of Cooper and NE Green Oaks. It came out of one of the wooded areas of the park. I think you'll have better luck at the zoo. Haha. Hey, the Fort Worth Zoo isn't that far away, haha.
Got my drivers license and drove out to the woods off hwy 88 in California. Slept in my car off the side of the road that night in the drivers seat. Woke up at about 1am, silent isn't even the word, you can't hear anything but blood in your ears. It's unbelievably quiet up there to the point that I won't sleep in a tent out there anymore. I had to piss and was thinking through the paces of getting my shoes and headlamp... then in the moonlight, shining on the road, I see something moving. It was legs, eventually I thought I saw two legs like a person coming along down on the road, no light or anything.... It was a mountain lion, pretty big, black tip on it's tail, walked right up to the side of the car as I sat there completely still and silent. I'll never forget seeing one, after 3 years cumulative time under the stars in my 35... I finally got to see a mountain lion. Don't want to ever meet one otherwise but hey they are very cool in my book.
I have seen 3 mountain lions, better known as Pumas in South Texas. The 2 Pumas I seen were within the same area at different time period. One around 1989 the other around 1995 in a very rural town I was living at called Yancey. When I saw the one in 1995, I was hunting deer and I saw a movement about 3-4 acres down from where I was. I lloked through my scope and saw this Puma jumping over high grass. I almost went in a panice because I was alone and about 30 acres away from my truck. I was not sure if it was legal to kill it. As it turned out I told some of the local ranchers what I saw and they asked where and I told them. Apparently the ranchers were looking for this Puma as it had killed livestock. They killed it and it appeared in the Hondo newspaper..... uit was 7 foot 11 inches. Imagine something like that jumping on a person. The 3rd Puma I saw was in 2003 in Corpus Christi in the Annaville area. It was an semi-rural, sparsely populated area where I would ride a 10-speed bike. My friend lived in this area and his dogs would end up missing and never seen again. So one morning I am driving toward my friends house and right on the side of the road was a Puma eating something. Strangely, this Puma didnt even see or hear me. So I turned my truck off and watched it for a bit. Then the chilling realiization hit me that I have been riding my bike through there and now I knew why my friend's dogs have been missing
I got to meet an extremely large wild male in Benbrook a few years back while fishing at night. He got within 10 feet of me. Needless to say I was absolutely terrified. Escaped untouched but he talked to me a bunch. There's around 5 that roam the Benbrook area I guess because I called a game warden the next morning. It's amazing what's in the woods that nobody really knows about unless they see it for themselves.
I've been lucky to see a cougar two times each time I visited Pearland Tx crossing Highway 288 as soon as I crossed Clear Creek into Brazoria County back in 1996 and 1998. Each time it occurred circa 0500 am. The cougars were so fast that it only took 2 1/2 bound to clear the 6 lane highway. I also saw a lot of road kill on Interstate 10 between El Paso and San Antonio,. including 2 deer and 1 cougar. Bt USN Retired Out
The music on this video is hilarious as the narrator casually says things like, "Attacks on humans are rare. The bring down deer. They'll steal your identity, have an affair with you wife, etc..." Then the music's all like, "laa dee daaa" Lol! It's awesome.
I live in El Paso Texas and one of them had to be killed when it wandered into our city streets during the day because of the drought that is going on. Haven't heard of any more incidents so maybe he just wandered in from New Mexico and we don't have any more left
I saw one just outside of Galveston!!!! It was in early 2002 ,we were paddling in kayaks and spotted it on the bank as it slowly watched us and disappeared in tall reeds.. No mistaking for anything they are awesome big cats but I believe there are still populations in South East Texas!!!!!!
Interessante katze... einen relativ kleinen kopf, einen sehr muskulösen körper, vor allem die hinterbeine sind sehr stark. Wozu diese ausstattung? Sprinten, baume klettern,....? Was denkst du? Lg.ff.
They do come up in Neighborhood parks They are getting braver when it comes To people ! They have been Spotted in parks in Hays county , San Marcos , buda, Travis county, West Austin, All over East Texas So yes they are All over texas... BE CAREFUL.
i live in north east texas ive seen 2 black panther huge cats in my time ,, i saw both of them on my way home from work .. i pulled up in my driveway and told my neighbor what i saw he said i see them all the time and he said his wife saw a black bear up the road a month ago ,, i think thats cool stuff !!!!! i can turn my bathroom into a deer blind and never leave and have my bag limit every hour but i never shoot them ,, i love my wild critters its cool stuff for sure its priceless to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are in Arkansas, fact, young males roam east of I-35. The DNR has been stonewalling in Michigan as well. There are 50+ residents in the Upper Penisula.
They are a beautiful, intelligent animals. Got to sit with a 140 lb male years ago which was owned by an ex-Marine on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. There's one on TH-cam in Russia named "Messi" who is more or less a housecat, sleeping with his people, playing with them and the like. He's even been to dog training school. "I_am_puma" is the channel. If I could afford the kitty litter and space, love to have one. But there's one catch: it can kill people. Kinda makes it not worth the chance unless you live in D.C. or 'Frisco...
You may not see them but they definitely see you.
A 130 pound cougar cornered me once in a bar in southern Ohio one Saturday night. I narrowly escaped when after I stopped buying her drinks, I ran out the side door while she was distracted by the bartender shining a laser pointer on the wall. It’s still sends shivers down my spine when I think about that close call. 😾
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I got to see one on my grandfather's property in Temple Texas about 6 years ago. The place is overwhelmed with deer so no surprise that their was a mountain lion. One of the greatest privileges I've ever experienced. That experience has made cats my favorite animal. Everything from house cats to big cats with snow leopards being my favorite.
Privileged? So scary
@@ricardocampos6517 wtf?
@@nala3038 omg I was fighting with a person, but that person probably deleted his comments lol
We have had neighbors see mountain lions inside Dana Peak Park near Harker Heights. We also had one videoed inside our neighborhood next to the park. Been a while though since any other sitings.
I live in northeast Texas. About 11 miles west of Texarkana. About 6 months ago, a mountain lion ran across the road, in front of my car. There was no mistaking the exceedingly long tail and the sheer size of this cat. He was at a dead run, breaking out from a wooded area on my left to access another wooded area to my right. I saw him/her cross about a 60+ foot distance. It was amazing.
One was caught on a security camera last week in a backyard in Frisco, TX. And one near Lake Dallas too. They think it may be the same one, but said it could be two different cats...
@@LoriL010someone just hit one in Longview Texas
@trevorclarke9681 Oh wow..that sounds pretty cool to see. They've spotted one since my last post in Plano too. I can handle the bobcats, but a mountain lion is a little large for my liking.
I’ve seen a full grown mountain lion along Brushy Creek in east Round Rock, just a few miles east of I-35.
It’s amazing to think of one going west to east along the creek, & passing through/underneath the very busy I-35 corridor.
Around the same time, there were also many sightings & livestock attacks/deaths in Hutto near Brushy Creek, a bit further east of where I had my sighting.
When I saw mine, it was crouched in the shade beneath a mesquite/shrub tree near the green-belt of the creek. I was about 20-25 yds away, & making steady eye contact.
I took a few slow steps closer, and it slowly stood up, turned sideways, slowly stretched itself out, & turned around to walk down the small hill behind it.
I can never forget that stoic face staring back at me, its stretched out side, & that long skinny tail.
Beautiful.
I’ve seen many large bobcats in this area too, but they’re relatively common. I have pictures & video of a big one. Seeing a momma bobcat & her two cubs stumbling over each other once was a treat.
Numerous sightings in the Sam Bass Rd /1431 area as well -probably traveling along Brushy Creek.
That's disturbing. I used to go walking in Brushy Creek park all the time without worrying about mountain lions.
I saw a huge black one in east Texas one morning plain as day about 10 years ago. It was chasing a rabbit in a clearing near the intersection of two rural roads between Winnsboro and Mt. Vernon. I was in my work truck. When the cat saw me, it ran one way and the rabbit ran the other. I bet that rabbit was glad to see me. There have been many sightings in NE Texas.
I saw a huge black cat less than 20 feet away in NW Louisiana below Logansport near the Sabine River in 1990.
😂 these kind of stories are absolutely amusing
most likely was a black panther
Live about 8 miles south of Waco. The area is slowly developing with new homes. For the last 2 years have gotten at least 3 game cam photos of mountain lion. Saw the cat early January '24, at dusk . The cat was at the edge of a treeline. Deer activity has decreased big time in this pasture.
Several years ago, I had the rare privilege of following one down a mtn. bike trail in Palo Duro Canyon. Very beautiful animal.
Renee Elliott yes very majestic animals
Why is this a privilege? I would have been scared to death.
i hunt on 3,800 acres about 20 miles outside of Hebbronville, Tx. and in the last 2 years have 17 trail camera pictures of 5 different cats. An "expert" from Texas Parks and Wildlife looked over the pictures and video and determined 4 females and 1 Tom.
I have two stories to tell. First, when I was five and a half, I decided that since i wasn't getting enough attention I'd walk over to my Grandpa's house. About three city blocks away, but we didn't live in the city, rather the edge of our then still little town. Everywhere around that wasn't houses was farming or ranches. So I , being nearly three feet tall, but not quite, came down my hill and around the corner of our street. Coming around the far corner of our "block" was a mountain lion, nearly but not quite, so tall as myself. I've since measured, about 110 yards from corner to corner, with a low spot that drained from my left to right nearer her than me, with lots of brush along side. I knew that if I turned and ran, I'd be chased. Wisdom or folk tales from my elders I expect, but I'm not sure. I was little and it was a long time ago. So, what my stupid little self did, was clench my fists and keep walking down the 'street' to go see grandpa, right towards a mountain lion. It stepped off the road into the low spot on my right and into the bushes, I kept straight on, though on the left side of the road until I turned right onto my grandpa's street. There were houses and dogs and livestock now between me and where I'd seen the cougar so I was less worried. Arrived safely at grandpas and told him the story of my journey. I don't think he believed me at first, but after i told the same story a few times and described the animal I'd see, he brought his chickens in and didn't let me walk home. (less than 1/10th of a mile). One of my strongest memories from my childhood. I can still feel my fists bunched up whenever I think back on it, and the look on Grandpas face when he started to believe me. Ask me about the second story if you're interested, I'm tired of typing instead of watching videos
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😳😳😳second story...??? If u have time 😊
Thank God you lived 🙏🏽
Can we have the second story???
@@eggnogalcoholic I guess the cat finally got him.
@@tedunguent156 Lol
We have sightings of a couple of them in the Arp,TX area. The one I saw was huge and they are so beautiful.
Not far from where my daughter saw one, hwy 79 near Oakwood.
My wife and I were blessed too have a mountain lion give birth on our property in 2019.
She walked through our yard all last spring and summer and never attacked me domestic cats.
What a beautiful family😻💞💕💓.
Wow how cool! You got to see her raise her kittens and everything? They usually bury their pray in the ground somewhere else and come back to it over time. So were you able to see her catch anything ike a deer?
That’s incredible. Where at? Texas?
There are some in north Texas, one was killed by a truck close to Possum Kingdom Lake, it was a big one. I’ve seen a glimpse of one while running at Big Cedar trails (Dallas) It wasn’t a bobcat or a house cat, it was huge with a long tail. I saw him from top of a hill, I turned back around, got in my car and left, since I was running alone.
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Hello greetings how are you
Really in big cedar?
@@josegonzalez3214 yeah, that was in 2012
I saw a mountain lion hunting down a deer once. It happened in a flash and was terribly sad but amazing to see. It’s rare to even see one but to see one actively chasing down a deer on a small island on a Colorado lake while on a boat was a once in a lifetime moment.
2:21 I just witnessed a large cat cross the road near chemical row in Orange, Texas. It was the size of a bobcat but had a long tail. The tail and body were the same color-tan or medium brown.
I saw one near Big Bend one night. Barely caught a glimpse of him walking by the highway. Pretty unmistakable shoulder blades.
I saw one from about 200yards away crossing the street, at night, in Castroville TX. 2004-05.
It looked like a panther, even as it walked under the streetlight, it looked black, but I knew better.
It was definitely a cat, the way their front shoulders move is visible from even 200yrds away.
It just casually strutted across the street.
It was huge, I didn't think mountain lions got that big.
The closed the local park down there a few months ago in 2019, cause of a mountain lion sighting on one of the trails.
@@yopappy6599 they eating them feral pigs, well fed male mountain lions have been documented to get over 200 pounds,
I live in East Texas and I have a mountain lion on game camera not 50 yards from the back of my house
How are you
Saw one on my property when I was a teen, outside of yoakum tx (near Victoria) I was sitting at the pond fishing and I felt something behind me, I jumped up and I guess I startled it, but he was maybe 10 feet from me. He growled at me and ran away instantly right when I jumped up. Before I could even do anything else he was gone. Idk if he planned on attacking me or what but all these years later I never forget looking that big ol cat face to face
Wowww what color was it
My daughter took pics & video of a big black one out frolicking in the sun. Game wardens finally confirmed 2 adult cougars are in her area but said nothing about the color. Close to Palestine TX. And my neighbor has seen 3 very big "orange" ones on our property, and his ranch hand saw 2 black adults with babies. Now another neighbor saw 2 long-tailed spotted baby cats out here a couple weeks ago. I have seen many tracks very close to the house . We are east of I-35, just west of Palestine off I-45 and have a lot of deer- I watched 5 in my front yard area last night. I know the big cats are out here, I've even heard them "scream" and don't care to again! Just haven't seen one myself.
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😂 god I love these stories
@LS99 @LS99 I do too 🤣 And of course her pics & videos were horrible & grainy just like those bigfoot ones we've all seen! But yeah, she was a little shook at the moment because she was at her mailbox a 1/4 mile down the driveway & it was across the road in a field. I'm gonna tell her she better go live next time because hahaha yeah right! Wait, that would probably look fake like my comment above. Maybe she should follow it till the game warden gets there, yeah that might work! I'm sure she'll be sitting down by the mailbox every day now with some venison trests, waiting for one to wander by in the middle of a sunny afternoon again. You know how those house cats can look like the big cats that are only found in areas where they've been officially identified, especially when they're over a football field away. You'd think a 6' tall gal would know the difference between a big kitty and a dang "mountain lion". And these darn smartphones & their grainy videos - it must have been a pink panther. Glad to entertain you!
Given the number of humans in lion country there are very few attacks. Usually the lions are injured, very old or ill. It’s terrible when it happens but nit a reason to persecute them I’ve been up close several times in the Southwest and never attacked or bothered. I know that if one of them had fit in the above category, things might have been different, but all three were young and healthy...two were down in Tucson during droughts and hanging around to drink from swimming pools. One parked herself in my parents’ roof for the duration if the drought. She was. Very polite and so beautiful.
Okay, legal humane hunting isn't persecution.
@@ianmackenzie686 I'm not sure Sharon is in her right mind.
I agree
Some people just love to kill things which is pretty creepy..
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Hello greetings how are you
Around 2008 or 2009 I think I saw one of these in south Louisiana. It ran across the street in a rural neighborhood. We have bobcats and bears and we used to have panthers but they haven’t been seen for a long time. Everyone I’ve spoken to says it’s not possible to see a big cat like this in our region but I know what I saw. It scared the living daylights out of me.
My family in Ragley La (SW La) saw one around that same time
I'm here cause I'm worried one might be stalking me on my fishing spot. Not sure if its dog prints or a mountiain lion's. But either way Spring Creek is east of I-45 isn't it? Odds should be slim. But been seeing tracks often, fresh in the creek bed where I fish. Not sure if its a dog or a cat. Can't tell by the prints. The other night riding home after fishing from 5pm-9pm I saw two green eyes in front of me, like glowing orbs. Had to stop my bike and bark/yell cause the thing wasn't moving and was sitting like a big dog. Eyes were like 1-2 inches apart. Looked at me head on. Can't tell if it was a deer, some huge dog. Or a big cat, maybe it was a coyote but the prints at the creek had sharp and deep claws that went at least half an inch into the sand, the size of this thing the same night pairs up. Had my headlamp on and switched on the kill light and started yelling till it ran off in the woods to my right. Thing was maybe 10 or so feet in front of me to my left, he was on the steep slant of the pipeline. Not sure if he was stalking me in the dark. Thing looked white/brownish.
And an edited note, think I'll be fishing the nearby pond and lake conroe when I can. Which sucks, cause I been pulling bass after bass out of that spot. Same with panfish and catfish. Its a decent hole. Just as of late seems like a territorial hunting ground for some hercules sized cat. Apparently they hunt from dawn to dusk so it makes sense I would encounter one at all at like 9:40ish when it got pitch black out. Either way if I keep fishing down there gonna need more than my skin knife for that thing.
Bro, I'm going through the same thing. Big fresh paws. Some with and some without claw prints. I'm off of 105 security Texas
@@Keepitoriginalministry I’m in Texas too man nice
I've been in their habitat my entire life, working and playing. I've seen two, maybe. Both times just a glimpse. They're so elusive
Idk what this guys talkin about, they're all over the state even in East Texas. My Dad and my Brother saw one on the road late at night over at Lake Davy Crockett next the the caddo national grasslands
It’s possible. There are supposedly still a handful of cougars in the east but seeing one would be extremely rare.
@@DoctorSess hell i live here right next to Dallas, and we just had one in town a month or 2 ago, he was hunting the creek that ran down to Lake Ray Hubbard, some dude out deer hunting up north killed the cat unfortunately.
I saw one on Ft Hood, Tx
my neighbor that lives behind me, on their horse ranch , called me to let me know a 'cougar' drinks from their pond at dusk and early morning.......then, a few days later she called to let me know they found their Rhodesian Ridgeback hound, drowned in the pond and pretty torn up..........my RR hound is 75 - 79 lbs.....depends on the season....now, my dogs are house dogs at night and i'm out with them in daylight....our properties are rural and partially wooded.....i have not seen it....
@@beamills9205 where you live?
Yes it is true I’ve seen a black mountain lion at Medina river.
There are at least 4 that I know of in Bastrop County which is east of I-35. The Hyett resort will even take guest out with night vision goggles to view one that lives mostly on their property.
@user-ez8yh9tf9u they leave paw prints on the banks of the Colorado River if you know where to look. It is definitely a healthy population. Plenty of deer to eat
In 2016 I went on a dove hunt at the Las Palomas WMA Arroyo Colorado unit near Rio Hondo TX. As I was walking out to the field I see a huge black cat walking along a narrow dirt road on the property. The first thing I thought was a black panther. I watched that cat for a good 3 minutes as clear as day. I thought theres no way, it has to be a mountain lion. But the body way too big and wider. And it was black black. It was a big body cat. I have the image burned in my mind. I watched it cross the road, then it saw me it stopped and walked into the woods. I tried to hunt but after 10mins and knowing it was out there I left. No one believes me but I dont care. I know what I saw. I just wanted to share my story.
Fermin G I`ve seen three of these giant black cats in Louisiana. I know you`re telling the truth. One was near the LA/TX border.
I saw an adult Cougar crossing FM 2265 1/4 mile from my home in Alvord, TX in the middle of the day. It was coming off LBJ National Grasslands property.
Wow, didnt realize I had so much in common with a mountain lion 🤣
Cougar... Lmfao
People also call me "cougar" and "predator".
@@ThatsWhatSheSaid-420 hold up
I saw a juvenile cougar in Harrison County. It was crossing an open area in a slow lope. My game camera cought another one on our property in Gregg County
We live in San Jac County, East Texas out in the country. Without a doubt, we've seen two mountain lions in 4 months. One in June 2019, the other one last night Oct. 29, 2019.
Are you close to 105?
I saw one 2 nights ago and took pictures in Chappell Hill, Texas in the Bluebonnet Hills Subdivision around 6:30pm. There are an abundance of deer in that subdivision. It was eating or drinking something behind a house and then sauntered off to the revive. Not a care in the world. Beautiful animal and I’m glad I got to see it.
Well- we have one here in North Dallas right now- roaming- in backyards not too far from White Rock creek- hope they catch it soon.
in the benavides texas area during the mid 1980s i saw a very large black cat that looked like a mountain lion with 2 babies following.. it was maybe 75 feet away and daylight out.. it was in a cleared area around the perimeter fences almost as wide as the roads.. she came out into the clearing.. stopped and looked my way then they just slowly crossed the clearing and were back into the brush.. the babies were larger then house cats so i am certain it was not a house cat .. i dont know if maybe it was a pet that escaped or naturally there or possibly escaped from a hunting ranch as regulations and policing were beyond relaxed during that time
I’ve seen many mountain lions & a couple black panthers believe it or not on trail cameras south of San Antonio
As far as not being East of I-35 in Texas, that is nonsense. I was a railroad engineer for over 32 years between Dallas and Shreveport, La. and have seen at least 5 mountain lions at 50yds or less, one of which was black. Also I worked some North and West of Dallas. About 3pm on day just outside of West Denton city limits I was stopped on a train next to a pasture with private road crossing between 2 pastures and there was a ditch with a large culvert directly below my engine operating cab which was about 8ft below my window at which time I was given a signal to back up. I acknowledged the signal by blowing 3 short blasts on the train whistle and saw a full grown BLACK mountain lion emerge from that culvert just below me (abt 8ft away) and trotted off thru a coral and barn yard. I was not alone on the engine as there was another train crew member with me and I ask him "what is that" and he replied it ain't no damn dog. I saw another Black mountain lion in Travis County, Texas while deer hunting. So there are big cats in all parts of Texas and some are BLACK, I don't care what Texas Fish and Game says. They either don't want to admit to their existance or they just don't know what they are talking about!!!
I live on the east coast and I can assure you I have seen adult and juvenile mountain lions, panthers, cougars, catamounts, whatever you want to call them. I have also seen an adult black panther in the clear light of day cross my driveway when I lived in rural NY. A local hunter also saw a black panther in this area. Some have been fortunate enough to get photos of the tawny colored cats. There is no mistaking a mountain lion for anything else unless you're clueless. All 3 sightings I've had have been in rural NY on the border of MA.
There's definitely No Mountain Lions in NY because they would be killing everyone's animals and you would see someone hit one with a car.. Definitely not in NY.CALL ECON
@@bobquattrini1787 and how exactly do YOU KNOW there haven't been animals killed or a lion hit by a car???
Oh wait!! You don't!!!
There may not be a confirmed population, but there are confirmed sightings........
Missouri doesn't have a confirmed population, BUT there have been 86 confirmed sightings and we just pulled a dead mountain lion off of the highway in south St. Louis city.
So put that in your pipe and smoke it!!
I`ve seen three very large black cats larger than a big dog in Louisiana and my sister saw a very skinny mountain lion.
@@bobquattrini1787 Mountain lion sightings have been confirmed from Maine to North Carolina. Connecticut claims there are no mountain lions in the state and now, you say, New York state also? What do the mountain lions do when they reach the state line? Go around? I think they are very, very elusive and very cautious around people and traffic so it's unlikely you'll ever see one in NY or CT but they are out there. I have seen bobcats in CT and MA so why not mountain lions? There sure is plenty of deer, rabbits and rodents.
I lived in TX for 30 years and camped all over Central Texas and never saw any signs of these cats. After moving to Colorado 36 years ago, however, I've seen 5 mountain lions within 5 miles of my house and a couple more at greater distances.
That's because the second they are seen they are killed. People in texas have no respect for the wildlife here, "see it KILL IT!" as they say. This is partly why texas has such a pathetic wild ecosystem. We lost bison, elk, larger mountain lions, jaguars, wolves, bears ETC. Ever wondered why texas mountain lions are so small and malnourished looking compared to other mountain lions? Well there's your answer, they barely got anything to eat and all of the big prey items are extinct so they grow smaller and are in very small numbers. Though any airheaded Texan will tell you "THERES MORE THAN THERE SEEMS BROTHEEERRR, THURR EVERYWHERE!" All they want to do is kill something, got nothing better to do apperantly.
@@Squintel7 100% agree
Palmer Lake area seems to have alot of sightings.
Do u like Colorado or Texas more
I go out, alone and unarmed, all night, in the Santa Cruz Mountains trying to trigger a Mountain Lion encounter, while livestreaming on TH-cam. I chase Coyotes, find endless deer carcasses and bones and I had a Bobcat encounter at 3 AM in the last live quest.
Thanks for this info on the Texas cats! Good video!
Be careful. They're dangerous and can easily have you for lunch.
Man that’s just mind blowing that there are lions roaming around .
One was spotted in Leander Tx in 2018.
Maybe that was a leopard?
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That one even had confirmed video footage on the news.
Last October me and my husband saw a mountain loin right after sunrise we headed to a a house we where being paid to remodel between Carlton tx and Purvs tx both ghost towns, it was walking across the two lane road to a bobbed wire fence its tail was as long as its body and it was a beautiful deep redish brown color. It leaped over the fence and was camouflaged instantly in the only patch of tall grass. We knew exactly where it was but could not see it at all after it hid. It was amazing how quickly and well it could hide. It was about the size of a large lab. It looked very thin and possibly young with its size. I looked it up as I had never seen any pictures or big cats quite the red color it was and found one that looked exactly like it but the article said that cat had not been seen in Texas for over 100 years. We both got a very good look at it and would bet it was that type of loin.
Mmm 😋 I love a loin 😂😂
The world record weight is something like 235 pounds, which is slightly larger than the world record weight for a leopard.
In areas of the northern California, or other northwestern regions where mule deer are plentiful, males reach 200 pounds fairly frequently.
They gotta get the gains
TPWD should add Gregg Co.TX. to the list. There are black & tan cats here especially down in the Sabine River bottom. I know people that live in that area & many East Texans have seen & heard them.
Yep. They are in East Texas and West Louisiana.
I saw a huge black cat less that 20 feet away about five miles below Logansport La near the Sabine River. 1990.
I've seen 2 off hwy 280/119 and Inverness in Birmingham, Al.
I've seen one on I-22 in Jasper, Al
@Arav Herunde a simple google check would tell you that you are wrong.
I've never seen it, but I've heard one many mornings when out deer hunting. Talk about a blood chilling sound.
That’s never any fun, more scared of mountain lions than anything else even though I know I really shouldn’t be. Just creepy to me I guess.
Pictures of game cams have them spotted in Denton, Texas, all along the Red River, Montague and Wise Counties. They are far more prevalent than the video states.
Jaguars were also noticed around the border a rare but known sight. The last sighting of that big cat was 100yrs ago when ranchers killed it.
I live in north east Texas and have seen 3 in the past year and caught a momma and her Cubs on deer cam and my mother in law has a female one pass thru every 6 -8 months they are extremely popular in Northeast Texas all along the red River from Bonham to Jefferson.. they eat small alligators around Jefferson tx
I also live in NE Texas close to Maud, and I have seen mountain lions on many occasions over the past 10 years. I recently witnessed a fairly large one chasing a wild hog near Wright Patman Lake. It saw my truck and broke off the chase. I bet the hog was happy. LOL!
@@nickmasters1636 My family owns land on Sulphur River in Red River County and we've heard sightings from locals for years but I personally have never seen one.
We've heard of people seeing them for decades around our land in Red River County on Sulphur River but I've never seen one unfortunately.
Darula2020 if U can catch it alive I’ll pay U for it
I've never seen one, but had one scream very close to a buddy and I in the Anderson creek bottoms about 10 years ago.
When I was 8 I was playing outside on my grandma’s property and one rolled up on me, I didn’t see it much but it started yelling, it was terrifying.
Definitely have them in the Texas panhandle
I thought this was going to be tips on how to react if you run into one. Im not really sure what the tips where, just seemed like fun facts.
heard one fairly close to my house recently.
Which is kinda scary considering southwest Oklahoma is supposed to be cougar-free.
About 7 years ago I saw one where my Grandfather lives in catspring Tx
There are some in Granbury out in Pecan Plantation.
That’s scary
We have one in CT trying to get a video of it.
I saw two in Rowlett, Tx over a year ago
I have one with the cub on my property in Bastrop county. Trail cam and tracks proved it without a doubt.
I came across one at Brazos Bend State Park. It was tall and scrawny like it may have been adolescent with a long tail. I'm 5 foot and it was atleast 3 foot. My dad has taken photos of bobcat there. I was so excited I chased it trying to get a photo but it was gone so fast. It almost ran into me at dusk on an overlook.
Nice video. Thanks for posting
My step dad and a Native American tracker, tracked one out in the brush for a week. The tracker they hired said it was huge 200+ pounder judging by its paw prints. It had been terrorizing the farmers in the Pandale, Tx area taking down cows, dogs, whatever it could. I don't think they ever found it, but my step dad did find it's tracks circling his outhouse after he had went to the outhouse after dark. True story, my step dad was an avid hunter and lived as far north as Canada out in the brush with my mom. weird fact, the Sheriff of the closest town had given my step dad a badge to police Pandale which is 60 miles down dirt road from the closest town.
They're in the Paris Texas area as well
I saw one in Waco,Texas
I saw one on Ft. Hood near Temple
My parents spotted one in Robertson County TX a few years ago.
I believe they're in every state except Hawaii. But like you said they are elusive and hard to spot.
Hawaii is the only state exempt from a lot of dangerous animals it seems.
@@StyleshStorm I know very little about Hawaii wildlife or even feral animals there. Your probably right about dangerous mammals on the islands.
They look very different from those found in other parts of the country. Small head on such a large body. Looks like he has been eating pretty good.
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I saw one in north Texas. In arlington, Texas.
Is it possible to find one near Arlington?
It's very possible they've been seen in forth worth ect
I've seen one on the edge of Bryan tx I was about six exploring an abondend property behind ours at the edge of the country and we were about to enter an old barn and I saw it just watching from about 70ft away and I told my friend run and he said why and I just said run but I guess when I yelled run and also ran it scared it cause it soon ran the other way too but damn I jumped a full sized barbed wire fence and indent know I could jump that high
Yes. I saw one in Arlington in broad daylight. It walked right past my car, so I got a good look at it.
@@aewtx could you please tell me around where I've always wanted to see one
@@MIKE2111ful I don't know what your chances are of seeing one, since that's pretty rare to see them out in the open when people are around, but it was at the park near the intersection of Cooper and NE Green Oaks. It came out of one of the wooded areas of the park. I think you'll have better luck at the zoo. Haha. Hey, the Fort Worth Zoo isn't that far away, haha.
I live in new caney tx 35 miles north of Houston and one just took our kitten today.
mr rebel really? Were your kittens outside?
@@illusion5347 yes, playing by the fence. also I think it took an older cat of ours sometime earlier that we thought ran off.
That like 5 miles away from here 😐
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They are present in plantersville,tx , have had one accidentally caught in a hog trap years ago.
I think those "black mountain lions" are actually jaguar. Which are making a comeback in the US.
Or escaped black leopards. Leopards are the same size as mountain lions, jaguars are bigger.
Got my drivers license and drove out to the woods off hwy 88 in California. Slept in my car off the side of the road that night in the drivers seat. Woke up at about 1am, silent isn't even the word, you can't hear anything but blood in your ears. It's unbelievably quiet up there to the point that I won't sleep in a tent out there anymore. I had to piss and was thinking through the paces of getting my shoes and headlamp... then in the moonlight, shining on the road, I see something moving. It was legs, eventually I thought I saw two legs like a person coming along down on the road, no light or anything.... It was a mountain lion, pretty big, black tip on it's tail, walked right up to the side of the car as I sat there completely still and silent. I'll never forget seeing one, after 3 years cumulative time under the stars in my 35... I finally got to see a mountain lion. Don't want to ever meet one otherwise but hey they are very cool in my book.
I have seen 3 mountain lions, better known as Pumas in South Texas. The 2 Pumas I seen were within the same area at different time period. One around 1989 the other around 1995 in a very rural town I was living at called Yancey.
When I saw the one in 1995, I was hunting deer and I saw a movement about 3-4 acres down from where I was. I lloked through my scope and saw this Puma jumping over high grass.
I almost went in a panice because I was alone and about 30 acres away from my truck. I was not sure if it was legal to kill it.
As it turned out I told some of the local ranchers what I saw and they asked where and I told them.
Apparently the ranchers were looking for this Puma as it had killed livestock. They killed it and it appeared in the Hondo newspaper..... uit was 7 foot 11 inches. Imagine something like that jumping on a person.
The 3rd Puma I saw was in 2003 in Corpus Christi in the Annaville area. It was an semi-rural, sparsely populated area where I would ride a 10-speed bike. My friend lived in this area and his dogs would end up missing and never seen again. So one morning I am driving toward my friends house and right on the side of the road was a Puma eating something. Strangely, this Puma didnt even see or hear me. So I turned my truck off and watched it for a bit. Then the chilling realiization hit me that I have been riding my bike through there and now I knew why my friend's dogs have been missing
I sometimes see their tracks by our place in southern Arizona along with bob cat and coyote tracks. I know the difference living in the high desert.
I’ve been hearing of mountain lions near Houston now.
I got to meet an extremely large wild male in Benbrook a few years back while fishing at night. He got within 10 feet of me. Needless to say I was absolutely terrified. Escaped untouched but he talked to me a bunch. There's around 5 that roam the Benbrook area I guess because I called a game warden the next morning. It's amazing what's in the woods that nobody really knows about unless they see it for themselves.
That’s crazy . To be so close to the city and have barely any reports on them is even crazier . Glad it was a decent experience
Around what part of benbrook ?
@@jesus-ok1hd the spillway or whatever they call it where everyone fishes. Golf course side.
@jesus-ok1hd they are all over the area though.
I've seen a big male at night. The full moonlight made him grey.
Like all cats, big and small, they are majestic.
They are pretty big cats. We have them roaming around in Florida.
florida ones have a lot of melatonin.
Gorgeous animal indeed
I've been lucky to see a cougar two times each time I visited Pearland Tx crossing Highway 288 as soon as I crossed Clear Creek into Brazoria County back in 1996 and 1998. Each time it occurred circa 0500 am. The cougars were so fast that it only took 2 1/2 bound to clear the 6 lane highway. I also saw a lot of road kill on Interstate 10 between El Paso and San Antonio,. including 2 deer and 1 cougar. Bt USN Retired Out
Wait you've seen Cougars in SAN ANTONIO!? What about bandera?
@@Squintel7 there are 100% some around Bandera.
The music on this video is hilarious as the narrator casually says things like, "Attacks on humans are rare. The bring down deer. They'll steal your identity, have an affair with you wife, etc..." Then the music's all like, "laa dee daaa" Lol! It's awesome.
I once saw one at cadwell tx thats rare right
I’ve seen on in central Texas going to Somerville
I live in El Paso Texas and one of them had to be killed when it wandered into our city streets during the day because of the drought that is going on. Haven't heard of any more incidents so maybe he just wandered in from New Mexico and we don't have any more left
How do you mistake a house cat for a cougar??
I saw one just outside of Galveston!!!! It was in early 2002 ,we were paddling in kayaks and spotted it on the bank as it slowly watched us and disappeared in tall reeds.. No mistaking for anything they are awesome big cats but I believe there are still populations in South East Texas!!!!!!
Interessante katze... einen relativ kleinen kopf, einen sehr muskulösen körper, vor allem die hinterbeine sind sehr stark. Wozu diese ausstattung? Sprinten, baume klettern,....? Was denkst du? Lg.ff.
They do come up in
Neighborhood parks
They are getting braver when it comes
To people !
They have been
Spotted in parks in
Hays county ,
San Marcos , buda,
Travis county,
West Austin,
All over East Texas
So yes they are
All over texas...
BE CAREFUL.
Yeah, I saw one in an Arlington park. (Tarrant County, DFW)
@@aewtx no way bro
I kept waiting to hear the tips !!
We saw one at government canyon in Texas.
i live in north east texas ive seen 2 black panther huge cats in my time ,, i saw both of them on my way home from work .. i pulled up in my driveway and told my neighbor what i saw he said i see them all the time and he said his wife saw a black bear up the road a month ago ,, i think thats cool stuff !!!!! i can turn my bathroom into a deer blind and never leave and have my bag limit every hour but i never shoot them ,, i love my wild critters its cool stuff for sure its priceless to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!
My guess is that they were pets that got too big and were released to the woods
Seen often in NE Texas.
They are in Arkansas, fact, young males roam east of I-35. The DNR has been stonewalling in Michigan as well. There are 50+ residents in the Upper Penisula.
I heard one of these in Parker county
I just Saw one mear bellmead TX a few daus ago
Are there mountain lions on the Guadalupe Mountains?
100% yes.
He said “porkypines” 🤣🤣🤣
The black mnt lion does exist. I saw one in the corner of my eye once. It was gone very quickly. Don't be a skeptic!
They are a beautiful, intelligent animals. Got to sit with a 140 lb male years ago which was owned by an ex-Marine on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. There's one on TH-cam in Russia named "Messi" who is more or less a housecat, sleeping with his people, playing with them and the like. He's even been to dog training school. "I_am_puma" is the channel.
If I could afford the kitty litter and space, love to have one. But there's one catch: it can kill people. Kinda makes it not worth the chance unless you live in D.C. or 'Frisco...