k0ua
Epic Contributor
In about 1995 or so in portage Indiana we had a neighbor that walked every morning religiously. He would carry a large wooden Walkingstick and cover quite a bit of ground. He apprehensively told me that one morning he saw a mountain lion. It was located just north of town on the edge of an undeveloped area at that time that was fairly large and Undisturbed mix of Woods. I know this is hearsay but he was not the bullshitter type and I have no reason to doubt his story and I believe him.
Also around 2000 my sister-in-law was coming home from working a night shift and had what she swears was a mountain lion jump over the hood of her car. I'm not sure of the exact location of that one but I know it was in Porter County Indiana. Also again hearsay but she is quite reliable and if she says it was a mountain lion it probably was.
I don't doubt either story. There were sightings here and track evidence long before the state acknowledged that they were here in Missouri