dmccarty
Super Star Member
How did we live without the Internet....
Since this thread started I was thinking about the stories I read in the Fox Fire books about cougars, panthers and painters. Yes, painters. My Fox Fire books are in storage so I could not get to them and even if I could, I would then have to find the book that had the stories....
So I googled. Danged Internet actually has the stories. Now, one does have to be careful in the search because the word "cougar" has different meanings and will give you unexpected search results. The word "panther" works much better. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
I actually found the story I was thinking about.
Foxfire 9 - Foxfire Fund, Inc. - Google Books
The second story in the link is at Deep Gap and Kimsey Creek in NC. I have been at the gap and walked up and down that creek a couple of times. I had read the story before getting to the place the first time and of course I was always thinking of a cougar being around while I was walking along the trail. The story was also interesting because the man had a Plott hound with him. The Plott hound is the NC state dog. When I read the Fox Fire books decades ago I did not know about the Plott hound connection to NC. The breed was created a bit north of Deep Gap. I did not realize this until I reread the story.
If you read the stories there is a pattern of people being attacked from behind by the cougar as well as the unique sound of the cougar cry. I had thought that some of the stories mention a black panther but I could not find that in the link. On the other hand, the stories in the link are not complete and I think there were other Fox Fire books with cougar stories.
Later,
Dan
Since this thread started I was thinking about the stories I read in the Fox Fire books about cougars, panthers and painters. Yes, painters. My Fox Fire books are in storage so I could not get to them and even if I could, I would then have to find the book that had the stories....
So I googled. Danged Internet actually has the stories. Now, one does have to be careful in the search because the word "cougar" has different meanings and will give you unexpected search results. The word "panther" works much better. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
I actually found the story I was thinking about.
Foxfire 9 - Foxfire Fund, Inc. - Google Books
The second story in the link is at Deep Gap and Kimsey Creek in NC. I have been at the gap and walked up and down that creek a couple of times. I had read the story before getting to the place the first time and of course I was always thinking of a cougar being around while I was walking along the trail. The story was also interesting because the man had a Plott hound with him. The Plott hound is the NC state dog. When I read the Fox Fire books decades ago I did not know about the Plott hound connection to NC. The breed was created a bit north of Deep Gap. I did not realize this until I reread the story.
If you read the stories there is a pattern of people being attacked from behind by the cougar as well as the unique sound of the cougar cry. I had thought that some of the stories mention a black panther but I could not find that in the link. On the other hand, the stories in the link are not complete and I think there were other Fox Fire books with cougar stories.
Later,
Dan