It looks long and the muzzle lacks 'stache
Big Cat sighted in Sykesville
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I’ll add my voice to the “not a bobcat” crowd.
I guarantee that’s not a bobcat. I’ve got them in my yard on a regular basis. Their conformation (no Billy Bob, not the sacrament) is totally different as is their coat.
My guess would be cougar or mountain lion based on the info provided/picture.
I guarantee that’s not a bobcat. I’ve got them in my yard on a regular basis. Their conformation (no Billy Bob, not the sacrament) is totally different as is their coat.
My guess would be cougar or mountain lion based on the info provided/picture.
Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
Nope. It is a Nittany Lion.
On a serious note, I see bobcats up close every day. The animal pictured is clearly not a bobcat.
Just a curiosity...are you testing the water before it goes in or after it comes out of the bobcat???
Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
After
gamer_jim
Podcaster
Cougar/mountain lion - a beautiful big cat and definitely not a bobcat.
Chupacobra.
Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
The new species of goat sucking snake?
But African Swallows are non-migratory.
dist1646
Ultimate Member
Couldn't have happened in Sykesville, Mineral Hill is in Eldersburg!
Actually not far from where I live.
Actually not far from where I live.
ktm rider
Active Member
Is this directly off the OP's trail cam?
The implication in the post was that he screen-grabbed it from a Facebook post. You can see the FB user's name and the date/time stamp on the cam frame. Doesn't appear to be the OP's own trail-cam.
Pale Ryder
Ultimate Member
Looks like a lion, cept the spots when enlarged looks like a lynx.
Something else to keep in mind: you're looking at an infrared image. Many critters with seemly monochromatic coats (like, a tawny-looking cougar) will, when seen in IR, have markings or patterns you'd never see with the naked eye.
We routinely catch some of the local foxes on one of our back yard multi-mode cameras. Seen at night in IR, there are spots, patches, and other dramatic tone changes in their coats that you would never otherwise notice. I'd not be at all surprised to learn that a possibly still-somewhat-juvenile mountain lion has some IR-sensitive spotted markings you'd generally not see in normal light.
We routinely catch some of the local foxes on one of our back yard multi-mode cameras. Seen at night in IR, there are spots, patches, and other dramatic tone changes in their coats that you would never otherwise notice. I'd not be at all surprised to learn that a possibly still-somewhat-juvenile mountain lion has some IR-sensitive spotted markings you'd generally not see in normal light.
Mr H
Banana'd
Pookie Bear is not amused.
Mack C-85
R.I.P.
Come on guys, just another "Cougar" headed for the Froshhole meet up in Westminster. 
Any Sykesville Monster updates lately?
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