The Haysville Times
By Angie Gumm
Besides snow and ice, the winter snow may have brought a special visitor to Alexander Drive last month.
Francine Guyette, of Alexander, says that a cougar jumped her neighbors’ fence and ran into the side of her house in pursuit of a rabbit, whose remains indicate it succeeded in catching it.
“It happened that Sunday night, when a dusting of snow followed that big snow,” said Guyette, who heard a big crash that night. “I thought the snow had slid off from my gazebo.”
Guyette went outside to see what had happened; seeing nothing, she headed back towards the house. That’s when she saw the giant prints.
The brave lady went back inside and got a yardstick and her camera. The prints were six inches across and had no toe-nail markings. After searching the net, Guyette found out this was a characteristic of cougars. Continue reading “Possible Cougar Track Sighting”