Bobcat sighting???

[ChocChick]

Just got done from a day of mt. biking up near exit 38 on Sunday, driving out to I-90 and my husband and I see this big ass cat (bobcat? lynx?) running down the road. It was black or dark brown, tail about six inches long and pretty damn big ass paws! He was about the size of a meduim size dog. Has anyone seen any wildcats in that area? Any idea what kind of wildcat it could be? It was beautiful!

[underworld]

maybe a link will help?

[klenke]

Did it look like this?

[olyclimber]

Or did it look like this?

[klenke]

Or did it look like this?

[Jim]

Bobcat. Not so uncommon. You can't tell the difference between the two on a moving critter, unless one is very experienced (in identifying them I mean).

[Kitergal]

could have been a cougar too....they've been spotted around that area. If it has a long tail like you suggest..I would guess a cougar. they've been seen in that area.

[minx]

cougars are bigger than this.

[cj001f]

could have been a cougar too....they've been spotted around that area. If it has a long tail like you suggest..I would guess a cougar. they've been seen in that area.

Cougars look like big dogs (they weigh 100-150lbs) and have tails that are 2-3 feet in length. It was probably a bobcat/lynx.

[Dechristo]

If it has a long tail like you suggest..

 

Marie, Tangled stated "tail about six inches long".

 

Poor thing, men have taught you that six inches is long.

[SneakySix]

maybe it was a cougar on its way to beat the apple cup out of a husky....

[Dechristo]

apple cup

Never heard that euphemism for scrotum before. Thanks.

 

Let me try it:

 

My apple cup is draggin'.

 

That's about as welcome as a swift kick in the apple cup.

 

If you were dyin' of thirst, I wouldn't give you the sweat off my apple cup.

 

I'll save it for talking to my Grandmother... she'll probably kick me in the apple cup (again).

[marylou]

Are a bobcat and a lynx two different critters? Or are they the same critter with a different name?

[Dechristo]

Different

[lancegranite]

If memory serves me right, a cougar's tail is nearly as long as it's body.

[treknclime]

You won't mistake a cougar running away from you if you can see the tail; it's long, and can appear as a moon cresent...or a long flagpole.

 

A bobcat and lynx on the other hand, have very small tails. The lynx can be found in Canada and generally has larger feet than the BC for walking in snowy terrain. There's lots of bobcats in the PNW...and are a rare treat to see.

 

That's what I know about them. There's more information here... Differences between lynx and bobcats

[Kitergal]

ohh..I got the big ass paws, confused with the six inch tail. somehow I read...six inch paws with a big ass tail!! oopss...my bad. definately need more coffee!!

[Dru]

bobcat and lynx don't overlap in range all that much.

 

its really, really hard to mistake either one for a cougar. it'd be like mistaking a daschund for a wolf.

[treknclime]

ohh..I got the big ass paws, confused with the six inch tail. somehow I read...six inch paws with a big ass tail!! oopss...my bad. definately need more coffee!!

 

[assmonkey]

I saw a cougar on the prowl last night at that sports bar down in Madison Park. She was definitely not going home without captured prey. I left before she went in for the kill on some poor (lucky?) chap.

 

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