And they'll add you to the list of "hundreds and hundreds" of obviously confused people who *think* they've seen something. I mean, the mountain lions were "eradicated during the 19th century" and Missouri Department of Conservation (Neosho office) Resource Technician Roger Schmidt has never even seen one!
/sarc
And the Missouri Conservation Dept also kept pooh poohing reports of bear sightings around here until a young lady hit a two hundred pounder while driving to school...right smack dab in downtown Jackson, Mo.
No kidding. The MO DoC just laughed off reports of mountain lions in Kansas City, until the one was hit by a car. It wasn't just near Kansas City. It was in a wooded area, with all sorts of natural caves, that's adjacent to "Worlds of Fun," which is an amusement park. Lots of little kids wandering around there.
It's doubtful that there would be any attacks, since there are so many people around there, and the DoC said that it appeared that the lion had been feeding on deer (and there's really been a huge increase in the deer population around KC), so the lion probably wasn't desperate. But if the deer population drops, or the cat is old or sick, then I'd be more than a little bit concerned.
Mark