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« on: March 02, 2007, 06:23:09 PM »
I almost hit a bobcat on the way home tonight!  Biggest one I've seen up here - or maybe it just looked that way because of the puffy winter-white coat of hair!  It ran right at my car, with traffic on the road both coming at me and following me, and some huge ditches on either side.  I was driving my mother-in-law's car, which has iffy brakes right now.  If the cat hadn't done a quick 180 right before I got to it, it would have been a messy night! 

I've got a stress echocardiogram on Monday.  They are going to give me a shot of doubutamine to make my heart race.  Guess I should have been hooked up tonight - I could have saved myself the shot!
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2007, 10:41:40 PM »
Don't feel bad I almost hit a truck tonight but took the ditch instead. Nobody hurt just a $35 tow fee.
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2007, 11:10:38 PM »
Quote from: sluff on March 02, 2007, 10:41:40 PM
Don't feel bad I almost hit a truck tonight but took the ditch instead. Nobody hurt just a $35 tow fee.
Glad your OK sluff.
And glad your OK, and the cat too jbeany.
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2007, 07:21:44 AM »
Wow, jbeany, that's pretty freaky. Most everyone in Michigan has had their share of hits and near-misses with deer, but a bobcat! Do you see many in your area? I live in the Lansing area, and people have reported sightings of a cougar, but I didn't know there were bobcats upnorth! The coyote problem has been growing in this area - urban sprawl is the cause, I'm sure.
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2007, 10:26:14 AM »
Lots of bobcats up here - lots of swampy, marshy wilderness areas.  We've also got wolves now, coming across the ice bridge from the UP during the coldest winter months.  I haven't seen any myself, but I have friends who have.  I haven't seen any of the cougars myself either, although my husband was chased by one when he was out in the woods as a kid.  Did you know the DNR has FINALLY admitted that we have cougars after years of saying people were just seeing bobcats?  A DNR staff member saw one and managed to take a pic a year or so ago, so the DNR finally had to admit we weren't just making things up!  Don't know how they think we're all dumb enough to confuse a 35 pound furball for a 150 pound mountain lion, but they have spent years insisting on it.
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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2007, 02:23:40 PM »
Mountain lions are something else.  My Mom had a cabin in Idyllwild , California and a Mountain lion took up residence under the porch of her next door neighbor's house. Mom said it was quite a sight to look over and see a mountain lion staring back at you!  I think the forest service came out and either ran it off or relocated the poor thing.
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2007, 01:13:45 AM »
OMG, Thank goodness you are allright Jbeany, i get scared when a little cat runs in the road, i cant even begin to imagine seeing one of those things  :o
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