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Thanks to a reader for forwarding this email from the University of Maryland Department of Public Safety:
CAMPUS ALERTJuly 31, 2008
There have been several reliable sightings of an animal fitting the description of a cougar on the campus. The description of the sighted cat is: light tan and tawny brown, about 4 feet long with a 4 foot tail, and weighing about 50 pounds. Several sightings have been reported from the area of Cole Field House, near the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and continuing through the wooded areas to the area of the
Comcast Center and Arena Drive Garage. There has been no report of aggressive behavior on the part of the animal, but community members are warned that cougars are a predatory species and that, if seen, the animal should not be approached.If you see the animal, please contact the university police at 301-405-3555. University police are working with other agencies to remove the animal from the campus area.
Prepared by:
Captain John Brandt
Crime Prevention Unit
jbrandt@umpd.umd.edu
City Desk has more, adding that campus police have yet to spot the cougar themselves, and should it turn out to be true, this would be the first cougar menace recorded at the university. Unless, of course, you count the other kind of cougar. Surely some of those have been known to prowl around Terp territory.
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there are just too many easy jokes to make here...
No lie Goph... let it begin!
Hey, where better to devour those hot, young, willing boy-men?
I just made myself throw up a little in my mouth.
I swear to god I think I saw that thing last weekend in PG county a couple miles from UMD. I thought it was just someone's house cat that hat grown particularly large...
I can't believe that DCist didn't quote the best part of the article:
The possible cougar is a new threat for UMD, says Brandt. "We have never dealt with this before," he says. "Cougars are not an indigenous species of the state of Maryland. . . . They’re just not seen around here. We will get the occasional report of a coyote on campus, which usually will end up just being a fox."
Best college campus ever?
Being a fan of bad taste, I will begin:
"The cougar is though to be armed with a 30 pack suitcase of Busch Light, a pack of Trojans and at least one vibrator. All frat-boys are warned to be on the lookout for this sport-f**king menace..."
50 lbs? Sounds like a young cougar, in those in between years 35-45 before true cougardom begins.
Well, people always make fun of UMD for having a wussy, non-threatening mascot...maybe time for a new one?
how quickly we forget....
and now Butch is back for more? Run students, run!!
But seriously, I can understanding estimates on height and length, but weight? Did someone pick it up and go "yea, that's about 50lb" but not have a scale nearby to get a more accurate reading?
Also, anybody know if there are any steakhouses near UMd? I want to go hunting.
Have any bears made it up to College Park yet?
Suspect is wedding ringless! Repeat, wedding ringless!
Captain Chunk has escaped yet again and moved 140 miles south...
I once saw a cougar stalk and then begin to maul a young man. However, he didn't seem to mind it, even with his girlfriend in the next room.
but the real question, is this cougar using its 19 year old daughter to lure you back to her house and seduce you for herself?
19 year old daughter and homemade cherry pie...
RAWRR
There was a fantastic National Geographic "Hunter/Hunted" Episode called Isle Of the Cougar which helps explain how and why an animal such as that might get aggressive. Of course, it's a wild animal, so that's always a possiblity.
http://www.fulldls.com/torrent-tv-1077965.html
Isn't Isle of the Cougar called happy hour in Georgetown?
Yes, it is, KrazyK. Isle of the Cougar is across the stree from JunkPunchers.
Nice, boondoggle.
KrazyK: Isle of the Cougar = a center table at Cafe Milano
Why couldn't this have happened like a couple months ago, when the Sex and the City movie was still fresh in theaters? That'd be even funnier.
~EEE~
Oh crap, is my ex back in town again?
Cougars pwn turtles!
We will get the occasional report of a coyote on campus, which usually will end up just being a fox."
Well, that would go a long way towards explaining the empty ACME boxes and roadrunner tracks.
Not to mention the empty degrees.
Let's cut Cindy McCain a break. It's tough for a woman of a certain age with a hundred million dollars, married to a grumpy old man.
Let the girl have her occasional college campus prowl. Honestly, a good patriot would see the value to all of us here...
I think people are freaked out about the gimp *cough*Rove*cough* that's following her, Hillman.
I think people are freaked out about the gimp *cough*Rove*cough* that's following her, Hillman.
Ewwwwwww! Now I'm going to be vaguely skeeved out all day long having occasional thoughts about Rove in a gimp outfit.
Here kitty, kitty, kitty...
When I was living in a far-off country, we once got an email at work warning of a LEOPARD loose in the city. The email continued by telling us that if we see the leopard in a tree, not to coax it down. Without that brilliant advice, I'm not sure how I would have handled the situation.
Considering that a 44-pound kitty was just found in the 'burbs of Newark, maybe it's a cougar, maybe not.
In any case, I hope the crazy-ass cops don't overreact and fill it full of lead.
It wasn't me, I was out of town.