USA SIGHTING: Illinois

Highland Park Warns of Possible Cougar Sighting
NBC Chicago
The big cats aren't fond of humans and are wide-ranging animals. Wildlife experts say it wouldn't be unusual for an adult male to travel up to 15 miles in a single day. Phil Rogers reports. Highland Park Warns of Possible... 

NEWLINK: Big cat attack in Macomb, Illinois?

Big cat attack in Macomb?
Western Courier (subscription)
After that, she heard nothing. April didn't think much of it perhaps a neighborhood pet or stray cat. But the next day, she woke up and saw something lying in the field. “You could tell just by standing in the house that there was a big lump out there ...

NEWSLINK: Mystery pumas in Illionois

People are fascinated with the idea of Illinois cougars
Morris Daily Herald
The article states that a trail camera captured the big cat. A local hunter had set up the camera to monitor the deer activity on the property he hunted. When he went to check his photos, he got quite the surprise. The photo was taken near Jacksonville ...

Sightings USA: Another Illinois puma

Cougar sighting north of Jacksonville confirmed
WLDS-WEAI News
When he saw the big cat, he says he couldn't believe it. “I've never seen anything like that, but you hear stories of people seeing different things,” says Cobb. “My dad thought he saw a wolf one time, and he thought he saw a black panther several ...

SIGHTINGS USA: More on the illinois puma

Trail camera snaps cougar in central Illinois
Quad City Times
The picture clearly shows the big cat walking past a camera set up along a trail through a wooded area. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register ( http://bit.ly/VB57BI) reports that it's only the fourth confirmed sighting of a cougar since the cats ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Fourth confirmed Illinois cougar since the 1870s

Cougar photographed in Morgan County
The State Journal-Register
“I just kind of went, 'Oh, my God,' and everybody thought I had a big deer on there.” DNR wildlife biologist Mike Chandler visited the site Monday afternoon and verified the location where the picture was taken. The picture clearly shows the big cat ...

SIGHTING: Illinois, cougar

Another Cougar Sighting Near Winnetka-Northfield Border
Patch.com
This was clearly a big cat.” Hinkamp said the animal came out of the forest preserve on the south side of the road and headed north, across the street, into the preserve on the other side, near the river that runs alongside the North Branch Trail. On Sept.