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| They said I should stay inside and lock the doors until the cougars went away - Cindy Evans quoting the Battle Creek Police Department, May, 2006 |
| So, can anyone prove that DNR Officers have a breeding population in Michigan? We know they travel in pairs, but have you ever seen mating behavior in the woods? Have you ever seen them with a human cub in the woods? How do you disprove the negative? |
| In reference to New Hampshire scat, testing positive for cougar DNA and collected by USFW Service Tech after following a mother and two cubs, "The cougar hair (in the scat) could have come from the carcass of a captive or perhaps from a cougar killed by hunters out West and discarded (and eaten by the scavenger who crapped the scat)." |
| "So which makes more sense? That a few wild cougars are roaming in Michigan or that the Scat Fairy is scattering cougar poop far and wide?" - Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press, February, 2005 |
| "He (Gladstone DNR Biologist) said (for 10 minutes) that I saw a black wolf. I said no, I saw a 'cat' cougar. I was wrong over and over. I got mad. Told him I'll shoot the cougar bring it in lay it on his desk 'just kidding'. He threated me with a $5,000 fine and 5 years in jail if I shoot it. He belived me then" - Gene Dittrich, Sheboygan |
| For $10,000, I'll sell you the video of wild cougars coming to my pet cougar Sasha's cage on Neegish Island, St. Mary's River - Cougar Owner |
| In reference to a mother cougar and two cubs captured in Minnesota in November, 2001: She wasn't wild because her stomach was empty - we're putting the cubs in the zoo. |
| ...individuals may train and run cougar hunting-dogs as long as they do not "target" or harass cougars." - Michigan DNR Captain, April, 2006 |
| If there are cougars in our area, they are likely "crack cats", cats dumped by crack dealers in our woods. - WOOD TV Cougar Forum, May, 2006 |
| When asked if he was sure about what he was seeing, "Well, deer don't have long tails." - Del Bassett, Gobles, December, 2004 |
| Maybe if you were a REAL scientist instead of just playing on the internet, you would have done a minimum of research into the subject before making a fool of yourself.... - WOOD TV Cougar Forum, May, 2006 |
| When asked how to differentiate between a curiosity stalk and a prey stalk, Dennis Fijilakowski, MWC, said, "It just depends on when it last ate." |
| When we forwarded the information to the DNR, they accused us of taking the pictures outside of Michigan. - WOOD TV Cougar Goru, May, 2006 rom the Jordan River Valley |
| "Yet, their (MDNR) web site has a cougar reporting form..." - Jonathan Schechter, Southfield Eccentric, January, 2004 |
| I think the DNR released spayed or neutered cougars. - WOOD TV Cougar Forum, May, 2006 |
| State officials helping to determine the cause of a Michigan horse kill, "It could be attributed to an African Lion". |
| Naming Michigan's many released exotic cougar pets, "Ownerus Dumpus Roadsideus" - DNR Press Secretary Brad Wurfel, April, 2003 |
| Talking about preparatory field research, "So we went to pens where they had captive cougars and wolves and ran back and forth smelling animal crap". - Patrick Rusz, MWC |
| In reference to telling MDNR officials of her cougar sighting, "...and I could tell they thought I was, you know......" - Cheryl Reed, Emmet County |
| Responding to a Michigan DNR request that she produce photographs, scat, or plaster track casts, "I told her that if I did that, then I expected her to send me her paycheck" - Cindy Evans, May, 2006 |
| If you've heard a cougar denial story that is so bizarre that all you can do is laugh, please share it with me via email below. |
