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charlene · 08-30-2007, 05:29 PM

there used to be cougars in Northern Ontario near Timmins when I was a kid. The beagles and bassett hounds went wild at night..ohmigoodness what a noise around the lake when they were let loose..Come morning we never knew what wounds they'd come back with or if they'd all come back at all..I can still hear the wild geese, the loons and those damned hounds in my head after all these years...and the occasional gunshot..
lol
There was a cougar sighting about 12 years ago at the top of my street in the area backing onto a ravine. There is a path thru there and joggers/bikers/walkers use it..two joggers saw it and hi-tailed it back to the main road. There were other sightings in areas across the ravine for several miles that summer but nothing since.
Just another reason I don't jog..
lol

08-30-2007, 05:29 PM	#2
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Mountain Lions/Cougars Near Orillia, Ontario there used to be cougars in Northern Ontario near Timmins when I was a kid. The beagles and bassett hounds went wild at night..ohmigoodness what a noise around the lake when they were let loose..Come morning we never knew what wounds they'd come back with or if they'd all come back at all..I can still hear the wild geese, the loons and those damned hounds in my head after all these years...and the occasional gunshot.. lol There was a cougar sighting about 12 years ago at the top of my street in the area backing onto a ravine. There is a path thru there and joggers/bikers/walkers use it..two joggers saw it and hi-tailed it back to the main road. There were other sightings in areas across the ravine for several miles that summer but nothing since. Just another reason I don't jog.. lol