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SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
While, driving home to Chicago through Indiana from Ohio on this past Christmas day at 11PM, I came within 50 feet of hitting a large black leopard/panther/cougar.
I, in my SVX, was headed west bound on the Indiana Tollway and was immediately north of the Notre Dame campus. The cat shot across the road approx 50 feet in front of me heading southbound. It looked at me, I was so close I could see its eyes, sped up to get out of my way, and ran into and across the medium. It was then almost got hit by a car going east bound however it sped up again to get out of that cars way. I immediately called 911 and the man that answered said, "yeah I've seen em. I saw one once eating road kill on a small road around here". He said there is a pig farm in southern Michigan that would frequently get attacked. Last edited by svxpensive; 02-11-2009 at 01:57 PM. |
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
Here we go...
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
The lift created by your wing/spoiler would have lifted you safely up and over said "cougar" and you would have glided to safety with ne'er a scratch......
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
I thought for a second that he was talking about a woman who loves younger men.
Was I wrong? yes, yes I was.
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
We've had a cougar spotted around here numerous times over the past couple years. There was one found dead in Chicago recently and there have also been sightings of ones in Kenosha and Milwaukee.
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
Psst.. Move this to not SVX area..
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
That would've been a totally different story.
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
I like how this happened about a month and a half ago...wierd yes,yes it is.
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
I saw an episode of Monster Quest on the History Channel the other night about sightings of this nature. Crazy stuff indeed.
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
ah...to my knowledge Cats don't do roadkill..like...ever..
They see it as 'not my kill'
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
I like those breeds of cougars
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
I did see a cougar-panther on the discovery channel the other night... Wasn't paying a lot of attention and didn't catch where it was from. Could it possibly have been "said" cougar
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
I moved the thread.
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Re: SVX versus a black couguar/panther/puma
So, back on Columbus day in 2007 I was driving and a giraffe ran out in front of me, but I, in my SVX, managed to avoid the potentially nasty accident by expertly negotiating through said giraffes legs...
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