i was hoping some one at chan 8 would "blogg-itize" this today... as far as i'm concerned, that's a real bad-ass bob cat...first, the tail has that particular curve to it...secondly, i'm certain the foot prints would also tell...and thirdly, a house cat would certainly not go after a goose...and the bob cat in the photograph IS in the water, generaly house cats HATE the water... the quinnipiac river water basin is loaded with bob cats...

and...if a 14 year old is going to make up a story, it would be why she was out past her curfew...

we had one on our back porch about 2 months ago. we sat there and watched it for while (from inside our house) but then it heard us and jumped off the rail to the ground below ( at least 20 feet!)

arent they native here?? what is the big deal?

yes Virginia, there is a Bobcat

they got few in numbers but are coming back as of the 90's

the real arguments have been about the mountain lions, or panthers

state says no, but from eye witnesses I have talked to they ARE back

I know there are some in Cockaponsett

they generally shy from people but there have been attacks out west

for years the state denied the existence of coydogs, or coyote, or even wolf

we know they are back

I saw a wolf on 95 near 4mile river road one night

bears are back and increasing

fishers are back

hawks, eagles, all coming back

I think it's cool

oh yeah

the best way to tell a bobcat from a cat is their lower face points out to match their ears, stubby nose, tipped ears, this cat seems to have those and a normal cat won't

difference between a bobcat and panther

about 75lbs+, a 4-5foot long tail, and they will attack people

bobcat generally runaway, the one I saw did

if you are out hiking look up around rocks that are above you, panthers like to attack from above and come down on their prey


now bears, if a bear is following you, he is just curious

if he is pacing you, he is scoping you out, now you should be concerned

in Ct we only have black bears which are big dogs, the concern is when they wake up from hybernation, they may eat anything they are so hungry, the rest of the year they are mostly vegitarians......mostly

friends of ours have them at their house almost every night, they love sunflower seeds so she set up a feeder at the edge of their property

I remember back in the 60's seeing them on my grandfathers farm in Higginum...........


We are pushing them out of what ever habitant they now call thiers.....lets not start talking "shooting" as the answer....damn peoiple ought to be thinned out for a change...........

The cats head is a little large for a housecat and squared of like a bob,the tail must be a birth defect.
Or it is a cross between a house and a bob cat.
~Peace Glenna~

I don't think it is photoshop. Not familiar with bobcats, but it just might be one. Hey, we have everything else running around CT. why not a bobcat.

Maybe if people would stop knocking down all the wooded areas for condos and such, they wouldn't have to come around folks for food. We had a huge wooded area down the street from me for years, then they cleared it out for a new high school, which was NOT needed. Now we have deer all over the place. People are their own worst enemies.

I've seen a wildcat in Ct. in the Pachaug State Forest, but never heard of a Bobcat being here.
On the other hand, I never heard of Coyotes or Fisher Cats being in Ct., but they are now. So I think it could very well be a Bobcat.

I am one street down from teh top of a mountain ride( obviously I live on the side of it.. There is nothing for miles and miles. There is plenty of room for many many large and evasive creatures. There was no mistaking what was on our porch.It was huge! and definately not a cougar /mountain lion...and definately not one of my own cats!

There have been Bobcats in CT for a long time. They are very shy tho so I am surprised that this shot was as good as it is. Must have been pretty hungry.

Was the cat wearing a collar that mabe said" Roberta-cat! "
lol~Peace Glenna~

all of these things were native to this area

we screwed everything up

humans are the problem, we have unbalanced nature


to understand more I suggest reading or seeing the movie "Never Cry Wolf"

can't quite make it out Glenna when I blow it up

it looks like it says Big Bertha


it's funny how people in this state are clueless to wildlife

there's a group of psychos in Fairfield that are rallying to get the state to kill all the deer

now that they've over built tons of mcmansions in what was the country and farms these manhatten transferites can't handle deer in the road and on their lawns

too many people is the problem

CT is 14,000sq miles with 5 million people

Arizona is 140,000sq miles with 2 million

we's a little squished

ohh and the merrit being a 7th wonder??

I was on that last week, IT'S A PARKING LOT

CT is 14,000sq miles with 5 million people


??? 3.5 million people... by my last readings

Looks like a bobcat to me. If that was photoshoped, give the kid a job!

dunno jeff, saw that on a road map atlas

looking at the morning commute I'd say it's still over populated for the sq mile

Yeah its very over populated in the southern region, thats why when there are sightings like this we can't believe, but anyone from farhter north eastern, central or the western part of the state aren't to surprised by these sightings cause there is more wilderness up and out there...

I would like to believe that at last animals are taking a stand and coming back to reclaim the land they were driven away from by people who just "had to live out in the country".

Unfortunately, that is NOT the case as there is no place left for them to "reclaim".

I'm glad to see wildlife return to our areas and I hope to see many more -- I just hope that some "gun-happy" human critters don't get the OK to shoot them or take it upon themselves to kill them!

That picture is no photoshop --it is a bobcat - sure is a beautiful animal.

Bobcats in Connecticut are quite common now. There is no debate about that. As time goes on we will also see more mountain lions and more grey wolves. A grey wolf was actually shot in Mass. a little while back.

Elle

these people that had to live out in the country are truly the problem

I have a hard time understanding the mentality of moving from where you were and then demanding everything be exactly like it was where you were, or set up like you had imagined it in your idyllic little mind

kill all the deer, they might hit my car

kill all the deer, they might give my kids lyme disease

kill all the coyote, they might kill my cat

go back to the city

your right... ilrational fears would cause people to shoot animals that wander back onto their land...we share the earth, but mankind thinks they own everything... those poor people...

I would believe it. As it said, a 14-year old girl would most likely lie about her curfew - not a Bobcat. My 15-year old daughter would photoshop a photo of her and one of her favorite handsome actors - Johnny Depp, Gerard Butler, to name a couple.

meow

well Jeff most people read the Bible and see words that are not there, this is one of those cases

they read: the creatures of the Earth are in your care

they see: God put them here for us to do as we please

as two of my favorite writers said... ...

"religion is the opate of the people"...

i have also seen a bobcat in cheshire about 7 years ago in my backyard on
moss farm rd

Robin Hood -- I totally agree with what you say about that certain type of "city people" and I wish we COULD send them back to the city but unfortunatly those who come to the country and demand everything to be just as it was where they came from are like fleas or other pesky critters -- you can't get rid of them.

I came from the city but I brought with me the love ,respect and concern about animals with me. I bought a home in an already built up area - I did not buy any land and destroy the habitat and refuge of the wildlife here.

The people who would kill off our wildlife because of their idiotic "fears" have never cared for anyone but themselves and unfortunately never will.

If I could, I'd load those type of people onto a huge bus and send them back where they came from !

As you said, animals were created by God for a reason - and the reason is NOT for us to do with them as we may - we are to live in harmony with them and I want that to happen - NOW!

It may alrady be too late however :-(

What's up with all the liberal tree huggers posting comments on this story? They say man is infringing on wild animal's territories. Well, then where is man's territory? Aren't humans animals and have a right to expand into whatever territory they need to survive? Liberal tree huggers, please think before you post!

We can't take territory from animals? Why not? Who cares if they are pushed away from civilization? There's millions of unsettled acres of wilderness for these animals to use and no harm will come to them if they relocate. We need to drill in ANWAR and also reduce the demand for oil to reduce the cost of gas and diesel, and the cost of all goods that are transported to markets by petrochemical burning vehicles.

dear "a hunter"... by what right do you pathetically think humans, as a dominate species (not dominate in brains, but only in their capacity to inflict extinction) have this 'right ' to expand and not treat the earth or other species with a minimal amount of dignity??? i'm not a hunter of animals,(or a tree hugger, as you wrongly call it) but i also don't have a problem with those who choose to hunt...

secondly, what responsibility do you have to your children to protect what we have for them to enjoy???

as for "big oil", your both one in the same, if not the same person (the timing of your blogg gives you away, also the sentence structure and grammatical style) i have a very simple question for you....

How does a frog ' re-locate ' to a desert...???

still wating 4 the answer...... Mr or Ms Hunter...

you must be a ny yankees fan, still crying the blues after todays thrashing by the METS... :-O

A Hunter

I suggest you rent the movie 'Never Cry Wolf"

it is a true story about a scientist who is hired to prove that wolves are killing all the Caribou and ruining hunting

what he finds is the truth

man is killing all the caribou, wolves survive mostly on mice,chipmunks, small prey

Big Oil

we get most of our oil from Canada, oil prices are high because GW and Enron conspired to take regulation off the futures traders, it is called the Enron Loophole, look it up in your search engine

you will not see it in the news even here, big brother had got a hold on this like nothing I've seen

it is the Bush family that has huge business ties with the middle east that keeps fueling the propaganda over OPEC and Saudi Arabia

dilling in Anwar will not make any difference in our supply or price

it will go on the open market

it will make Bush family and friends richer and destroy one of the last places on this planet that man shows no trace,,it would be nice to have one

this next bit is taken from george carlin

currently this planet is overpopulated with humans that think the invisible man in the sky made all of this especially for them

and the invisible man has 10 things that he doesn;t want you to do

and if you do any of them he will send to this place of torture and maiming and screaming and pain

but...... he loves you

he loves you and he needs money

all knowing all powerful.......just can't handle money ;)

I hate hunting. Hunters have distorted minds that make them think they can do whatever they want with God's creatures. They try to use the Bible to condone what they do by saying that God gave us "dominion" over all the creatures on the earth. Well, of course they distort God's Words because what He meant was THAT HE GAVE US DOMINION TO CARE FOR THEM THE WAY HE CARES FOR THEM. You fools. Did you ever wonder why the word "kind" is in "Mankind"? I wonder everyday. GOD LOVES ALL HIS CREATURES AND HE RESPECTS ALL HIS CREATURES AND HE EXPECTS MAN TO DO THE SAME. I hope all hunters get shot by another hunter or shoot themselves. THEY DESERVE IT. Yes, that's how passionate I am about this.

wow...very strong sentiments anonymous...almost worrysome, and i'm not a hunter of animals...

anonymous, I hear you

whenever a bear or gator gets a guy I go YEAH!!

THIN THE HERD BABY



I especially love that video of the jerk that doused himself with doe urine to arrow a buck at point blank range with his filming

the buck rears up and punches his lights out for about 35seconds with his front hoves

and what did his wife do??

KEPT FILMING OF COURSE!!!

LOL

sorry that should read

I especially love that video of the jerk that doused himself with doe urine to arrow a buck at point blank range with his WIFE filming


JEFF we ever going to get edit or do I have to improve my typing skills and remember to proof read, proof read, proof read???????

robin hood... no need to... lateral thinking...necessity is the mother of invention...

i've been typing out my blogg statement, right click and cut...paste onto a blank e-mail and spell check, etc... then cut, and paste onto the blogg space...it's something... and it normally takes time so i can 'cool off' a bit and tone down my statement's ardor...

you must love to read the "Darwin Awards"

Leaving aside discussions of hunters, oil barons, NY transportees, and liberal tree-huggers, I believe that the world is a delicate balance. Every time we (or a calamity, such as a flood or comet) has messed with that balance, there have been serious consequences. Humans imported non-native animals and plants which have no natural predators, precipitating the extinction of the Dodo bird the island of Mauritius, the choking of the canals in Florida by water hyacinths, the overpopulation of nutria and European Starlings, and, your favorite and mine, the African Killer Bees. If we, in addition, remove the existing predators, we are upsetting the balance twice.

Enough reasoned argument. Warning, now comes the sarcastic stuff!

I suggest we re-establish the Connecticut packs of grey wolves. We can have a big kick-off ceremony at the "Wolf's Den" in Mashamoquet State Park, where the last wolf in Connecticut was supposedly killed. This park was once the domain of the Mohegan chief Uncas. I'll bet the Mohegans could tell you how great it is to keep being moved out of your land because there are plenty of other places you can go. (Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.)

This reestablished wolf pack could keep the deer population under control. True, we'd lose a few cats and small dogs, and the occasional toddler, but nobody would shoot deer or demonstrate against hunting.

Florida considered importing hippos to take care of the water hyacinths. They eat a lot of vegetation, but what goes IN must come OUT, and the pollution generated by killing the water hyacinths with herbicides is probably less nasty. Also, hippos kill quite a few people on their home turf.

Am I a conservative tree-hugger? I don't hug, I just bow courteously, pat affectionately, and pass respectfully.

Pat

that's great

you know the State screwed up when they introduced the Coyote and did not RE introduce Wolves.


There is not ONE case of a Wolf going at a human or biting one

Coyote's have no fear, several people in Ct have been bitten and in Arizona a guy left his door open while bringing in groceries and caught a Coyote trying to drag his toddler out the front door.

so once again moronic politicians drop the ball

wolves do seem to be a little bit more 'caculating' than coyotes...

We recently caught one of these in our yard and moved it to a more wooded area. We also caught a fisher cat last year and did the same, so i know they are here.

I saw a scrongy looking thing crossing Maple st. in Bristol Ct. Definatly Not a dog, but just plain skinny,dirty, dark greyish brown and ugly. With a long dog like tail. When I describe it people they say it's a Wolf. Yuck!!
Imagine that and crossing High traffic in Bristol

supposed there are no wolves in ct but I have LOTS of coyote in my Cheshire neighborhood right on the Southington line.

I saw that in the same area a few times in Bristol,it is definitely a coyote.Wolves have beautiful coats especially in the winter months.

You don`t tug on supermans cape,you don`t spit into the wind,you don`t pull the mask off the Lone Ranger,and you don`t mess around with wildlife.Tis our food-chain.
Use caution,like they stock the rivers with trout,you need to be able to replace what you use.
This morning I heard the Earth is haveing a food shortage.
Gas too we know that,it`s not a shortage they decided scince we have money they would like some more of it,if you don`t mind them taking your money.
You seem not to care.
No reason to get excited you were tricked to buy a gasoline car in the first place,with taxes insurance,registration,licence,add it up.
So you can go to work and give them the money you earn minute by minute hour by hour,day in and day out.
I do hope you get to put a little aside to go out for fun,the entertainers are out in droves,singers dancers clowns,tis the season.
If I were President,fun would be the most important so when you were at wok each day it would be fun.My Dad was a Boswain on many a ship,no complaints.
~Peace Glenna~

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My husband was walking the dog last summer and a kid on a motorcycle in Berlin hit one. The poor thing was about 45 pounds, a male. I did take photos of the cat but Walgreens ruined them but the game warden in town came and she took the carcus away. The Cat was so beautiful. When my husband had told me I said are you sure it is a Bobcat? He said YES! Then when I saw it myself I told him he had to call the police. The first words out of their mouth was are you sure it is a bob cat YES! He said. It is nice to see more animals again in the state.

A week and a half ago, I was driving to work on route 188 in middlebury and a cat of some sort lept across the street in front of me. I had just taken a left onto 188 out of Chritian street when this happened. He came from the left where there are houses and brush, went in front of me, ran across the street,and then ran into the cornfield on the right side of the street. He was brownish-gray, or taupe in color, small ears (or I would say I didn't notice any large pointed cat ears), and I did not notice any large tail. I thought that maybe I had seen a moutain liom at first, but then realized it would have been more of a golden color and had a long tail. After looking up "cats" on the computer, I finaly found one that looked like what I saw. It looked so much like the bobcat you took pictures of in cheshire. I wish I had my camera with me to prove it! If anyone has seen a bobcat in the area, please respond. It's hard to convince anyone that you have seen anything unusual if they haven't seen it themselves. Thanks.

Something like this hapen to me almost 2 weeks ago....but it wasn't a Bobcat I saw, I know it was a Moutain Lion that crossed my path, I was on one of them back roads out near the Oxford airport traveling home from work around 1045pm when I saw a huge cat chasing a deer...i didn't believe what I saw, but I know what I saw wasn't a Bobcat and people say there are no Mountain Lions in this area, but stranger things have happened, who knows maybe they are making their way south to our area with the deer population boom

I just experienced seeing a large golden cat like animal, with a long tail bolting out from the side of the road and disappearing into a neighborhood yard today in Cheshire, near the Day Care School on Byam Rd in Cheshire, Ct. It definitely looked like a mountain lion to me. Anyone else see it?

Must have been the Cheshire cat running home after paying a visit to Hooka the cat-apiller.~Peace Glenna~

HI
looks very interesting!
bookmarked your blog.
john brightman

I just had a bobcat run past my children and I in our back yard. I was researching to try to figure out what kind of "wild cat" it would be...and this seems accurate. We live 10 min from Cheshire, so I imagine the girl was not fibbing. Scary. And, we live in a neighborhood...with tons of houses.

I live in Cheshire and I've had a bobcat in my backyard and just last week had one run across the street on Marion Rd. in front of me. They ARE in Cheshire. Also saw black bear on Marion Rd. last week!

As I was headed home from work today about 2:30 p.m. on route 219 in Barkhamstead. I did see a bobcat cross the road. There was no dought in my mind at all. About 20 five lbs. black tips on the ears and a bobed tail.

I'm sure the photo is a Bobcat, and why not. They are common in NE although less so in Southern Connecticut. I saw one today sauntering across Flanders Road right here in Mystic, CT. Jan 8, 2010 at about 3PM. He or she was a good 35 to 40 pounds.

todayi saw a wild cat that had a short tail pointy ears grey and bigger than a housecat from ct