(Sharon Jorgensen of Curtis, Nebraska, discovered foot prints on the Arrowhead Meadows Golf Course in Curtis Jan. 15. She laid her glove beside one track for size reference in a photograph she took.
(Sharon Jorgensen/Courtesy photo via the Frontier County Enterprise)



CURTIS, Neb. -- A walker on the snow-covered Arrowhead Meadows golf course in Curtis, Nebraska, last week discovered large barefoot tracks that she firmly believes "was something walking."

Sharon Jorgensen of Curtis told the Frontier County Enterprise newspaper that she and her dog, Babe, were walking the golf course about 8 a.m., Jan. 15, when they came across the large tracks in the snow between the third fairway and the fourth tee box. The Enterprise reports that the stride of the tracks appears to be about six feet, much larger than any bipedal animal in the area would make.

The tracks emerged from the heavily-wooded area to the east of the golf course's cart path, traveled up the path, then disappeared into the brush on the east side of the path.

Golf course superintendent Eric Senff found even more prints in pristine snow, near the area that Jorgensen found the first set of tracks. Senff said he's never seen tracks this big.

The Enterprise reports that sightings of a "Bigfoot"-type creature are not unheard of in Nebraska, the latest being of a 7-foot-tall hairy creature, upright on two legs, spotted in March 2014 near Linwood, in Butler County.


my first guess would be a bear...

It's a doubled-step from Cougar that's leisurely walking.

Back feet, overlapping where the front feet went.

Sharon Jorgenson, should watch her own back!

i've seen enough animal tracks to know that's not a bear or a cougar.bears claws aren't that far apart and plus it doesn't fit the shape of either animal

Well, the bears are all hibernating and cougars, depending on their size, will actually have a very long stride. Also, this lady's glove for a reference to scale, I'm assuming is quite petit.

bears do that moreso... bear tracks are what alot of the bigfoot prints are...

not all bears hibernate, either...

you can see in the picture the imprints from two feet, a front and a rear overlapping... plus, i don't think there are any cougars in Nebraska...plus, they only show one footprint, not the tracks it left while walking...

bear tracks

Okay Mightymoe, is this second picture You've posted related to the same, first picture's story?

The reason being, this second picture definitely looks like a bear, with its distinctive five toes like a human foot.

The reason I'd say the first picture, beside the glove, is a cougar because it has four toes up-front, just like a cat.

Yes, bears will over-lap their previous foot-prints, but so will a cat, when it's at a certain speed.

Cats gallop like a horse when hunting and about to cross a clearing.

The reason being, they're trying to avoid being seen by prey and others that would loudly announce their presents.

Crows, Magpies, and Ravens, will make too much noise and up-land game birds and rabbits will hear that 'something-is-wrong.' Thus, blowing the cover for cougar or lynx.

the second pic is a bear track pic...

like i said, i don't think there are any cougars in Nebraska, they are not typically a flatland's species.....i'll look it up now

Mountain Lions in Nebraska

Although mountain lions were part of Nebraska's native fauna, they were extirpated by the end of the 19th century. Despite annual reports since the 1950s, no confirmed sighting was made in the state until the 1990s. In 1991 a deer was found killed by a mountain lion and shortly after an adult mountain lion was shot by a hunter near Harrison, in Sioux County.

Below are some facts about the return of these animals to Nebraska:

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's goal is to maintain mountain lion populations in Nebraska over the long-term.
Nebraska has three mountain lion populations; the largest is in the Pine Ridge, where part of the state's inaugural mountain lion hunting season was held in 2014. The Niobrara Valley and Wildcat Hills also have populations, and those areas have remained closed to hunting. There are likely additional mountain lions elsewhere in the state. For more information on mountain lion hunting in Nebraska, please visit our mountain lion hunting page.
Mountain lions in Nebraska are part of the larger population that spans all Western states, and animals move freely between Nebraska and neighboring states, particularly South Dakota and Wyoming.
The most recent population survey of mountain lions in the Pine Ridge, conducted in May and June of 2014, estimated a population of 22 animals in that specific area. However, population estimates only apply to a specific point in time.
All populations continually change in size due to births and deaths as well as animals that enter or leave the area. It is not accurate to only subtract deaths from a population estimate without accounting for additions through births and animals entering or leaving the area over time.
No decision has been made on whether there will be a mountain lion season in 2015.

NEBRASKAland Magazine recently published several stories about the return of these animals to Nebraska. Read the story in the January issue.

http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/wildlife_species_guide/mountainlion.asp

i guess it would be possible, tho unlikely...cougar tracks

If Nebraska is flat, that doesn't mean much...

Manitoba is flat too and there is definitely cougars here.

Sometimes called a 'Mountain Lion' but there are no mountains to speak of here in Manitoba.

I've seen cougars myself, here. I can't see why they're not in Nebraska.

The French use the word, 'Puma.'

"puma" is what they are called in South America as well... here, especially in Texas, they are mountain lions...

With a sore paw and hopping on one leg?

I worked with BFR (Bigfoot Research Center) and we took tracks that were real, and this is not Bigboot tracks, looks more birdlike almost or lizard like maybe. Very interesting.