Reddit reviews Eastern Cougar: Historic Accounts, Scientific Investigations, New Evidence

I know the author of the book "The Eastern Cougar" personally, I've read it. I live near where this attack happened. There was some fool who had three western mountain lions as "pets" in his backyard in the county. He got busted, but I have no doubt there are other idiots who buy them illegally and let them go when they realize what a terrible idea it was.

I'm definitely one of those "I want to believe" types. But if you read the history, the sad reality is the European settlers killed off most of the eastern cats, and their descendents killed off the rest. I do believe that there are a few mountain lions living in the Appalachians (as evidenced by this news story) but those are escaped pets.