Eight lynx visited the home of Tim Newton at the end of September 2017. (Tim Newton / tim-newton.pixels.com)
Posted on 11/25/2017 6:06:23 AM PST by BenLurkin
The Newtons have received thousands of emails and Facebook messages about the lynx, Cathy said. Responding to demand, they started selling calendars, posters, magnets and Christmas ornaments featuring the playful cats.
"We did not intend to do these projects. It was all customer demand," said Newton, a part-time mental health counselor.
Packaging and shipping the products and responding to questions is like a full-time job, she said.
Tim Newton, a semi-retired engineer, said the couple doesn't expect to make money, or certainly not much. They're still paying off up-front costs.
But it's been fun talking to people from other continents about lynx and Alaska. So far, he's shipped products to about 10 countries.
The couple suspects the felines enjoy the deck because it gets them out of the wet or snowy brush, with a long runway where they can scamper.
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A fun break from the dreary, repetitiveness of the news. Thanks!
Somewhere on that porch lays a huge bag of cat food. Really.
World famous??? Sheesh, we used to have to shoo these pests away from our chicken coop in Michigan all the time. It’s not like they’re hard to find or rare.
Looks like bobcats to me.
And as skinny as the babies are, It doesn’t look like most of them will survive the winter.
Reminds me of the Jerry Clower coon hunting story.
That looks like some good eatin’. They’d make a nice comfy pair of slippers too.
Jerry Clower said a lynx is a souped up wildcat.
“Wooo! Shoot this thang!”
“I can’t. I might hit you!”
“Then just shoot up in here amongst us! One of us has got to have some relief!”
Oh wow, Jerry Clower. That’s a blast from the past. I remember Sonny and the Chiffarobe, and Rat-killin’... and Eugene and the Butter...
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