Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2011 16:14:32 GMT -6
A family's close call with what it says was a mountain lion has a neighborhood terrified.
It happened this morning in the Woodbine community of Whitley County when a father and son say they narrowly escaped the wild animal. Unfortunately their dog was not so lucky. Now people throughout the neighborhood are afraid they could be next.
"I heard the growl," Jason Collett said, "I heard a very deep guttural growl." Collett and his son Cody were in their front yard early Monday morning when he says he saw what he's convinced was a mountain lion attack his dog, Kerr. "I seen the blur of it. As we heard the dog, I see the blur of it go through these bush, and it was four and a half, five feet long. Three foot tall."
As Jason rushed to secure his children, dogs from throughout the neighborhood arrived to help Kerr, but it was too late. "I seen Kerr, and I seen Baby Girl," Jason Collett said referring to two of his dogs by name, "She was actually in front of one of the glances I caught when I came back out here to right there, and then she disappeared, and I knew it had got her. I heard her yelp."
"The dogs were literally crying and yelping," Cody Collett said, "You could tell they was really hurt."
The attack has neighbors convinced that things they've noticed for months may be signs of a serious problem. "I've heard lots of noises like roars in the woods, and they sound different than just your regular bobcat," said Nikki Petrey who lives just a couple houses down from the Colletts.
Jason Collett says Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials have offered to set up cameras as a preliminary step. "I don't want to kill the animal, you know. Relocate it, and do something like that. They're a beautiful animal, but they're a dangerous animal."
In the meantime, the Collett family and others plan to keep close watch on their children and bring in pets when they can. They say it's about all they can do until the animal returns.
Mountain lions are uncommon in the U.S., outside of Florida and the western states, but in recent years, numerous sightings have been reported in areas outside the mountain lion's normal range.
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It happened this morning in the Woodbine community of Whitley County when a father and son say they narrowly escaped the wild animal. Unfortunately their dog was not so lucky. Now people throughout the neighborhood are afraid they could be next.
"I heard the growl," Jason Collett said, "I heard a very deep guttural growl." Collett and his son Cody were in their front yard early Monday morning when he says he saw what he's convinced was a mountain lion attack his dog, Kerr. "I seen the blur of it. As we heard the dog, I see the blur of it go through these bush, and it was four and a half, five feet long. Three foot tall."
As Jason rushed to secure his children, dogs from throughout the neighborhood arrived to help Kerr, but it was too late. "I seen Kerr, and I seen Baby Girl," Jason Collett said referring to two of his dogs by name, "She was actually in front of one of the glances I caught when I came back out here to right there, and then she disappeared, and I knew it had got her. I heard her yelp."
"The dogs were literally crying and yelping," Cody Collett said, "You could tell they was really hurt."
The attack has neighbors convinced that things they've noticed for months may be signs of a serious problem. "I've heard lots of noises like roars in the woods, and they sound different than just your regular bobcat," said Nikki Petrey who lives just a couple houses down from the Colletts.
Jason Collett says Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials have offered to set up cameras as a preliminary step. "I don't want to kill the animal, you know. Relocate it, and do something like that. They're a beautiful animal, but they're a dangerous animal."
In the meantime, the Collett family and others plan to keep close watch on their children and bring in pets when they can. They say it's about all they can do until the animal returns.
Mountain lions are uncommon in the U.S., outside of Florida and the western states, but in recent years, numerous sightings have been reported in areas outside the mountain lion's normal range.
www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Mount...._117126958.html
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