I wouldn’t have believed my own eyes, alone, to make this post. Truly. I thought I was hallucinating and, were there not another witness, i would not be writing this.
Last night, I was driving two young women to QA from Fremont, just before midnight. They were in the back having pleasant conversation, when I took a right off Queen Anne Blvd on to Garfield.
After crossing 1st Ave. W, I saw the silhouette of an enormous TAIL that must’ve been 6 feet long! I looked closer and saw its body, blending in with a wooden fence, maybe 50 yards away. This all took place in a matter of a couple of seconds and I wasn’t about to say a word, until one of my passengers said, “What the F*** did I just see?”
I got chills… and said, “oh my god, you saw it, too!?”
“Was that…..”
“A really really big CAT?!”
It moved like liquid.. in an instant, it was gone. We tried to pursue, but that cat knew it had been spotted. It disappeared into the darkness.
I dropped that young woman off, and obviously we definitely waited to make sure she got in okay. (The other woman was going to another spot, several blocks south of there.)
There is NO DOUBT that what we saw was a cougar, in literally the middle of Queen Anne. So, make sure your pets are safe and be vigilant when walking near West Queen Anne Playfield.
After several reported cougar sightings in Magnolia (Lawton Park) last year, it’s entirely possible that one or more of these wild cats trekked their way through the massive green belts surrounding QA.
DFW told us (news people) that cougars travel well, especially along railroad tracks and that it’s entirely possible that they’re hiding and hunting among us.
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