'Yikes!' See the big bobcat near town that drew mixed reactions
The reactions ranged from “beautiful” to “scary!” to “awesome” and “Yikes!!!!!”
Big wild cats, reclusive and typically moving under the cover of the low light of dawn and dusk, are head-turners when they show up in broad daylight.
The reactions are those of many who saw a trail camera photo Allyson Fuller of Inola posted on her Facebook page after the motion-activated device on the family’s small acreage captured three frames showing a good-sized bobcat and a nearby neighborhood clearly in the background about 9:30 on a late January morning.
Typically the camera catches images of deer and racoons. “Last night there were six deer and two big raccoons,” she said. She’s heard rumors of other animals around that she would like to see on the camera, however. Black bears have been seen in northeast Oklahoma. “My husband swears he saw a mountain lion once,” she said.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/outdoors/yikes-see-the-big-bobcat-near-town-that-drew-mixed/article_124e485b-c6b1-5e18-91d1-8b02ecf02d6d.html
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Seriously. Read the article at the link. This will bring out the kooks.
Those homes are a half a mile away! Hide the children and pets!!!
Actually, it's a beautiful animal and I hope it doesn't fall victim of some gunnutter. Last spring I was getting into my vehicle that was parked right next to my cabin and I noticed that the anthill at the base of a tree just behind my vehicle looked funny. Upon further inspection I discovered that a bobcat had taken a dump right there and used the loose dirt of the anthill to cover it up. Less than a foot from the corner of the cabin. I was thrilled, it left me a present. The snow was gone so the only way to know it had even been there was by the deposit in the anthill - the paw strokes gave it away. I have bigger animals to actually be concerned about, like grizzly bears in the yard.