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(12-04-2020, 01:20 AM)TinoArmando Wrote: Very worrying situation, my friend. @BA0701,Do you know what happened with this tiger?
@"TinoArmando" no, we don't actually know. They simply stated they were packing up the trapping equipment, and there has been nothing more said. While I have my ideas on what happened, given the lack of facts, I will keep my personal opinions to myself. All we know is that several different people, in different but close locations, claimed to have seen it. Trappers responded, were in the area for a couple of days, and then they simply claimed they were packing things up. There are a couple of locations with tigers in the area, one the zoo, and the other a big cat rescue, and at the time both claimed they were not missing any cats. So, that ended up being all the info we got and it just quietly went away.
It was pretty surely a bobcat and the person who spotted the animal made just a mistake. When looking at the photo of it, tail looks to be short just like bobcats have and also no stripes on back or flanks. Only some on feet, but bobcats can have those. So when calculating 1+1 result seems to be 2 and in this case a bobcat.
What photo? I was unaware any photos were captured of it. I would certainly hope that someone, especially a police officer who should be trained in observation, wouldn't confuse a bobcat, which are not much bigger than a large house cat, with a much larger tiger. Even tiger cubs would be bigger than bobcats. Especially in an area where I would imagine folks are used to seeing bobcats. The thing that causes me to wonder if there isn't some level of truth to this, is the number of sightings, which on their FB page back when all this was going on, the local law enforcement stated, if I recall correctly, that there had been four reported sightings, right before the story disappeared. However, nothing would surprise me, people still report seeing bigfoot, so there's that. In an area I grew up in, in Florida, people would also periodically report seeing a black panther, no such creature existed then either.
And what comes to this alleged tiger sighting the person calling about it described it to be a tiger cub so it again backs up it, that misidentification.
Here a photo.
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I don´t see a tiger there, when looking at this cat. But a bobcat for sure looks like that. No stripes, short tail, very strong looking hind legs in comparison with front legs.
Btw, where did that image come from? I did not see that in any of the stories I read on the matter. As for happening near by, well Mammoth Cave is in an entirely other state, so not so near by, Mammoth Cave is in Kentucky.
These images come up when making google search of this case and reading articles. I can´t open all articles which are about this case and to which these photos are connected, because there is some restriction in between USA and Europe what comes to some articles. You should be able to see more when you open up links.
Then again what comes to Mammoth Cave... only 77 miles to Nashville, Tennessee and 140 miles to Knoxville, Tennessee so from here where I´m lookin at it it´s all the same I guess, that people from Tennessee and Kentucky might disagree, but quite short distances.
And @"tinoarmando" no problem :)
LOL, oh, there'd certainly be some disagreement between folks from both states. I have to drive to Nashville quite frequently, will be going again in a little over 2 weeks, about a 3 hour drive. But, very differently geographically speaking, one area, Knoxville, is mountainous, where Nashville is much flatter. Nashville is a big city, where Knoxville and the surrounding areas are much more rural. I am sure the differences are not unlike what you have in Finland, between folks in the city and folks in a more rural setting.
Yeah, usually people living in countryside know animals better, but then again it´s no guarantee nowadays. One thing is sure. Whenever something unusual is told in the news, there come up some similar alleged observations very soon. That´s why I´m not at all surprised, that there came some other "tiger sightings". Good that in that one case in Kingsport area the cat could be identified. When it happens people start to calm down and not seeing monsters everywhere anymore.
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A tiger is loose in Tennessee
I guess, that people from Tennessee and Kentucky might disagree, but quite short distances.