Seeing Cryptids: The Problems

William Parcher said:
Was that before or after you saw the flying amoeba?
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That flying amoeba was some kind of electrical plasma ball that came from the malfunctioning air conditioning unit on the side of the building. I did see it but it took a little while to figure out what I saw. Evidently only 1% of the population has ever witnessed ball lightening that looks like plasma.

I saw the cougar in Edisto. I was at a co-worker's house near the edge of the swamp sitting on the screened porch and I heard them both coming through the woods. Just as the deer cleared the woods into the yard the cougar tackled it, rolled with it, lost it's grip, and the chase continued through the woods on the other side of the yard.
 
LTC8K6 said:
A game cam pic of a cougar in the east would probably make the news.

Also, anyone with such evidence should give it to officials and make it public, so that people are aware of the possibility of cougars on their hikes.

Cougars should not be difficult to capture on game cams.
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I do believe Rainey's husband reported it but I don't think it made the news.
 
The Shrike said:
Was this on TV or YouTube or are you actually claiming that you observed a cougar kill a deer . . . in South Carolina?
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See my response above. I actually saw the cougar in Edisto which is south of Charleston.
 
Jodie said:
See my response above. I actually saw the cougar in Edisto which is south of Charleston. It was at a taxidermy shop there in Draper outside Edisto. That mutha was pissed too cause it was just plain tearing that place up. The owner called both Mutual of Omaha and Wild Kingdom I think to come get it but apparently they were in Italy chasing marmots. I don't remember what happened after that.
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What the?
 
Jodie said:
That flying amoeba was some kind of electrical plasma ball that came from the malfunctioning air conditioning unit on the side of the building. I did see it but it took a little while to figure out what I saw. Evidently only 1% of the population has ever witnessed ball lightening that looks like plasma.



I saw the cougar in Edisto. I was at a co-worker's house near the edge of the swamp sitting on the screened porch and I heard them both coming through the woods. Just as the deer cleared the woods into the yard the cougar tackled it, rolled with it, lost it's grip, and the chase continued through the woods on the other side of the yard.
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None of this ever happened.
 
HarryHenderson said:
What the?
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That mutha was pissed too cause it was just plain tearing that place up. The owner called both Mutual of Omaha and Wild Kingdom I think to come get it but apparently they were in Italy chasing marmots. I don't remember what happened after that.
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I saw that one! Marlin was pinching asses on the Via Veneto whilst Jim was driving a Ferrari 250 GTO up in the Piedmont, letting the camera guys do the heavy work rustling up them marmots.
 
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To add to the puzzlement a bit, we've had the "eastern cougar declared extinct" thread going for quite some time but I don't recall you ever sharing this one-in-a-million observation there, Jodie. Am I incorrect that this is the first you've shared this story here? If not why now?
 
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Jodie said:
I saw the cougar in Edisto. I was at a co-worker's house near the edge of the swamp sitting on the screened porch and I heard them both coming through the woods. Just as the deer cleared the woods into the yard the cougar tackled it, rolled with it, lost it's grip, and the chase continued through the woods on the other side of the yard.
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I says the cougar was a footie pet and he chased that deer right into the arms of America an ole silverback who broke the deer's back with one pimp-hand stroke.

Aye, he was 12-foot with half a ton on 'im.

I think you buried the lead here.
 
Jodie said:
I do believe Rainey's husband reported it but I don't think it made the news.
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This is always the reaction to reports of a cougar. A game cam photo would get an even bigger reaction.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/children-kept-off-playground-after-animal-sighting/nGQpd/

There was a rash of "cougar" sightings and claims in SC.

http://www.cfzresources.com/database/cats2006/20060218_with_cougars,_seeings_believing.htm

I suppose if a few were correct, they might have been Florida Panthers?
 
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/ace-basin/burroughs-text

But Harrigal was adamant about one of those possibilities, and so was every other wildlife biologist I met down there. “I don’t care what you hear or who you hear it from,” he said. “There are no cougars in the ACE Basin. Elvis? Maybe. UFOs? I wouldn’t rule it out. But cougars? No. No way.”

So sure enough, back home in the deep North, I’m chatting with a friend. He’s originally from Charleston, knows the ACE Basin. He’s a reliable, skeptical fellow, and a wildlife biologist himself.

It wasn’t him. It was his cousin, whom he’d vouch for, even though it happened late at night and the cousin was tired. He was slowly driving down an oak-lined avenue that led into one of the plantations, where he was visiting. The thing materialized out of the woods, loped down the road ahead of him, in no great hurry. He knew what bobcats look like. Also what dogs, foxes, coyotes look like. This animal was big, very long tailed, and about the color and consistency of smoke. It turned, eyes glittering in the headlights, then bounded into the shadows.
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No no The Florida Panthers, the hockey team.

Well actually judging by their attendance numbers they might be a cryptid as well.
 
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When I lived in Florida, every cracker and his cousin/uncle/daddy BoJangles had a panther story. One or two of them might have even been true.
 
William Parcher said:
She may have witnessed that scene from before the Eastern Cougar became extinct. You see, Jodie is a reincarnated person (see post #108). She was a 19th Century farmer and watched Lincoln give a public speech. I don't see why she couldn't have also seen a cougar tackle a deer in Edisto in a previous life.
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Oh Jesus. That really is first class trolling. I feel 80 iq points dumber for ever having responded.
 
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