“My two favorites were the cougar in the woods between Bloomingdale and Roselle.”
Meacham Grove. We walk that one pretty often. Doesn’t surprise me a bit. I once saw two Bloomingdale police officers trying to herd a flock of wild turkeys back into that place because they were blocking Circle Ave one afternoon.
I stopped to explain that it’s not really possible to herd turkeys. I even volunteered to dash home, grab my turkey gun, and take care of the problem. They declined my offer.
So there’s plenty of food for a large cat there, and a couple of solid water sources as well. I have no doubt at least one breeding pair has taken up residence.
Best,
L
Meacham Grove!
Many forms of unusual wildlife can be seen at that location.
Since an evil automobile took my bike and me out(me 20 days Alx Bros, bike KIA) I avoid the highway.
I like the pavement around the reservoir early afternoon, often very few walkers. I can hammer it for an hour or two! NO CARS.
Occasionally there would be a most unusual sight, laying across the walkway on its back, red bikini bottom with a toilet paper roll (???). Next to the parking lot.
Sometimes others would visit and they would walk off and then return? Takes me a couple minutes a lap, gone only a lap or two?
A hairless gorilla, no shirt or shoes, on a 25 degree day making loud calls? I decided to ride the hills across the way in Medinah that day.
I love riding up the hill on the Westside, but the gravel craps up my chain. You may have noticed the homeless(?) camps between the lake and Bloomingdale road.
Once in a while, I’d see the cops running them off.
And one evening as I was exiting behind the Dunkin Donuts, I ran into a posse! They had rounded up a dozen or more druggies. They let me go. I may have been high on endorphins, nothing more.
The DuPage trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
But the queerest they ever did see...
Sorry about that Mr Service.