The Bayview Beast

[Curly]

So back in November of 2008 people reported seeing a large, cat like animal prowling the neighborhoods of Southold. Evidently the police were contacted and did a investigation. Numerous people reported seeing some type of strange animal up until December and then the sightings came to an abrupt halt. I'm thinking maybe this was someones pet that got loose. Hybrid cats seem to be all the rage today but this this was supposed to be the size of a mountain lion. How could something that big hide out for long on this island.

[Curly]

Just found this on the net:

Newsday’s Sophia Chang and Arielle Brechisci have a few things to say about a new Mystery Cat report in New York State:

The latest in Long Island animal antics takes the shape of a purported mountain lion roaming through the Bayview neighborhood in Southold, according to a complaint made to police last week.

Around 9 a.m. Oct. 17, [2008] a very large cat was spotted strolling across a lawn and into the woods near Waterview Drive, said John, a resident who declined to give his last name.

“I pulled up into my driveway and I could see it as plain as day, walking across my neighbor’s lawn,” he said. He reported the sighting to police.

He described the cat as 5 to 6 feet long, not including the tail, and resembling a mountain lion.

“We have to believe there’s something there,” said Southold Police Chief Carlisle Cochran Jr. on Friday [October 25, 2008].

“I don’t think it’s running stray in Bayview,” he said. “I have to believe this is someone’s pet who gets out once in a while.”

[Nasus]

Its probably someones 'pet' that got loose.

[DOC]

JEEZ, I WAS JUST UP IN THE BAYVIEW AREA THIS PAST WEEK...ON TUESDAY. I ONLY SAW DEER.

MY SISTER USED TO BOWL WITH CHIEF CARLISLE COCHRAN JR.

[Curly]

Upstate in the Adirondack region there have been numerous reports of large cats roaming the mountains. I have a buddy who lives up that way and saw one once. He swears it was a big, black cat. He saw it very clear. Claims it looked like a mountain lion but they are not supposed to be in this part of the country. I honestly cant see how one could mistake a big dog or deer for a mountain lion. If the beast they speak about is someones pet then it has to be illegal. I cant see keeping an animal that large and powerful as a pet, especially here on Long Island.