Proving that such a cat is in fact roaming the Akron area is ''just so tough,'' said Lisa Petit, chief of resource management for the national park. She reported her sighting to officials in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It is a large, reclusive, nocturnal predator. Her conclusion: a mountain lion, also known as a cougar. She went home, got on her computer and started an Internet search. It was significantly bigger than a German shepherd and weighed more than such a dog, she said.Īt first, Bartlett said she was unsure what she had seen. She described the cat as being 2 to 3 feet high with a thick, muscular body. The cat's most distinctive feature was a long tail that was nearly as long as its body, Bartlett said. The cat was four to five cars lengths away and moved quickly across the road in just two leaps, said Bartlett, who said she was traveling about 40 miles per hour. She was traveling east on state Route 303 east of Peninsula and about a quarter-mile west of the Happy Days Lodge in Boston Heights when the gray-colored cat bounded across the highway about 4:45 p.m. It was not something I expected to see in the Cuyahoga Valley.'' ''It looked like something that belonged in the zoo or in a circus,'' said 62-year-old Nan Bartlett. Sighting on state Route 303 east of Peninsula leaves Ohio wildlife official with some doubtsĪn Akron motorist claims that she saw a large cat cross a highway in northern Summit County over the weekend. Homepage > Local News > Woman reports seeing a cougar
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