Off the wall
Madeline (Giles) DeJournett is the Advance writer for the North Stoddard Countian. A retired high school English/history teacher, she spent 32 years teaching in 5 schools in Missouri and Alaska. These days, she lives quietly with a menagerie of wild and domestic animals on 52 secluded acres in the remote Tillman hills south of Advance. She graduated from Dexter High School in 1960 and Southeast Missouri State in 1964. She can be contacted at advancensc@sbcglobal.net.
From Madeline
Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at 9:46 PM
Terrific! Someone from California! Great input! However, most of us in this rural area know the difference between a bobcat and a cougar. The bobcat has a short tail, and really looks nothing like the cougar I saw on the police video. I can see that I really need to get that photo posted, don't I? I'd also like to see what the Conservation agents think of the video. I can't imagine any authorities in this area posting warnings or bulletins about mountain lions. You're pretty much on your own in this part of the country! Besides, as thick as deer and turkey are around here, a big cat would have no need to attack humans or domestic animals.
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Yesterday I received an enlarged digital photo of the cat in the police video that I mentioned above. However, it's so blurry I can't use it. My assistant tells me that the original images were very small --- 72DPI (whatever that is) and since the camera was several hundred yards from the cat, the image had to be enlarged 500%.
We're still working on it.