Yikes!

Check out what was in my backyard a few nights ago! Yup a cougar. We have had so much snow this year that it is pushing all the wildlife down out of the mountains in search of food. We have had moose, deer, rabbits, etc. This, however, is the first time we have had someone from the cat family (excluding my own cats!). I didn't actually see the cat myself. My neighbors dogs were going crazy so he said he went out to see what their problem was. He said he looked up and there was the cougar coming over our hill in our backyard coming toward his yard in search of supper (he assumed his dogs)! The next day he called to let us know. He said he found a paw print bigger than his hand in our backyard. Needless to say I have kept me kids and my cats from going outside the last couple of days!