Hi, Ruth

I'm assuming you saw the cougar from within your car . . . did you get
photos? What a great experience.

Diann
Bothell
tvulture at halcyon.com


At 09:31 PM 7/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>> From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
>> To: tweeters at u.washington.ed
>> Subject: " COUGAR at Stossel Creek Rd.
>> Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 9:24 PM
>>
>> Hello Tweeters,
>> When i was on Stossel Creek Road today i run in to a Cougar right on the
>> road. I intended to go on to the Stossel creek about 1/4 of a mile from
>the
>> main road. When i saw the Cougar i would dare to go in to this area. What
>> would most badly happen to get confronted by a Cougar?This is my first
>> encounter here in the United states to run in to a big cat. There been
>so
>> may reports comming from Bonny Lake area where people got attact, and
>this
>> is not in the wild. So would this be dangerous to chance it?I think the
>> Cougar can sense the fair with some one as me , because i am scared of
>this
>> cats. There supposed to be the hard to find Ocelated Emerald sighted
>there.
>> Only three countys there been sighted King Co.Stevens Co. and Pend
>Orrille
>> Co.There is no photos or a scanned speciemen around. But runnig in to the
>> Cougar on Stossel Creek i can see this situationin in a different
>> pespective.
>>
>> Ruth Sullivan
>> Tacoma
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