I've been living at Frog Creek Farm, about 5 miles up Deer Park Road for about 5 years. I've spent countless hours hiking in the hills near by. Three months ago while hiking with the dogs we ran into some kind of cat on the trail, about 20-25 pounds, dark copper and black mottled coat, small ears laid flat against the head, lean, long legged,built like a cheeta and the tail? I wasn't sure.
I googled wild cats of the area. One picture of a young couger sort of came close, but that's if it had a tail. So I thought it must have been a young cougar.
Today I had an amazing encounter while biking in the same area. There were two of them !!, mother and youngster. She was the same size as when I saw her last and the young one was the size of a large house cat. They were 20 yards ahead of me. They ran down the trail ahead of me, in full view, for 20 yards before jumping into the woods. Definately only the smallest nub of a tail. It's not a cougar. She's mature, is a mother,not big enough to be a cougar, and neither of them have a tail.
Again, I googled. The closest picture I can find that resembles this cat is the one above, Cryptomundo-a black Lynx rufus that was spotted in Florida.
What species is this cat? A ferrel (sp?) tailess house cat?
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