[Mean Daddy]

Heard this at lunch today. If you're at all familiar with Omaha, this isn't on the outskirts, but in the middle of town.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Surprised to hear this. Seriously, how could there be native "mountain" lions in a plains state?

[Rocky Mountain High]

One was creeping around our townhome community a few months ago here in Colorado Springs. I'm an animal lover and all, but it was still nerve-wracking.

[IronJack]

I work about a mile or two north of this. It's near the Old Mill area, as far as I can tell.

Just one more reason to go armed, it would seem ...

[paperclipfairy]

No kidding?

I work not too far from there - 90th and Blondo.
Traffic in that part of town is bad enough without any large, dangerous animals running around!

[MD_Willington_1976]

They are even out on Vancouver Island Off the West coast of Canada (Where I grew up). We used to always pack a Remington 870 with 00 buck or a 30-06 whenever we went venturing out into the woods...

Some facts:

There are approximately 4,000 cougars in British Columbia with the highest concentrations in the Kootenays, Southern Interior, Vancouver Island and Cariboo regions of the province. Most cougar attacks occur on Vancouver Island, which has the highest concentration of British Columbia's cougars.

In the past 100 years, a total of eleven people, 10 of them were children, have been killed by cougar attacks in B.C. With the majority of these fatal cougar attacks occurring on Vancouver Island. During the same period, there were 29 non-fatal attacks, 20 of which occurred on Vancouver Island. The vast majority of these attacks were on children under the age of 16.

[jim_trent]

That is right in the middle of the largest road construction site (other than the Interstate) in the City of Omaha. The cat was probably hired as a flagman in order to meet some diversity quota.