Mountain Lion in Sharon, Medina Co.? (Canton, North Canton: house, neighborhood, live)

[gentlearts]

Several people have seen what they say is a mountain lion prowling around their yards, but no one has successfully photographed it yet.

What do you think this animal will turn out to be?

[IonRedline08]

I'm not sure, but when I lived in North Canton, My girlfriend swore that she saw one in the back yard when she was letting her dog out.

It may be that 44 pound cat that was on the news all week

[htlong]

it could be a bob cat larger than a house cat with the tail bobbed (short and stubby)

[Wayfarer44746]

I would be amazed to hear of an actual puma in North Canton but I cannot entirely rule out the possibility. There was one killed in southern Indiana not long ago and another in a residential neighborhood of Chicago. DNA testing on the one in Chicago matched a blood spoor found in Wisconsin and wildlife officials believe it originated in the Dakotas. I have less information on the cat killed in Indiana but it seems probable that it wandered in from western Tennessee, which has a small but viable population of pumas. It is significant that both incidents occurred in the spring. That is when younger males go on the prowl for a mate. Sometimes they lose their way and find themselves in areas where not only will they NEVER find a mate but where they are likely to come to grief.