It's not common to see a mountain lion in Missouri especially a young one, but that appears to have happened near rural Edgewood based on a video shared by a Missouri man.
Mountain lions are not native to Missouri, but the Department of Conservation has confirmed hundreds of sightings have indeed happened. How can you know if you're seeing signs of a mountain lion in Missouri or something else? There are 5 key things to look (and listen) for.
We're not far into 2024 yet and already the year has gotten stranger. This is just one example. After a rash of almost constant mountain lion sightings in Missouri in 2023, these big cats have seemingly just disappeared. Why the sudden scarcity of sightings?
There seem to be an increasing number of sightings of mountain lions in Missouri and now there is yet another. This time the big kitty cat was spotted in Reynolds County, Missouri.
Mountain lion activity in Missouri continues to ramp up as there are at least two more sightings in Missouri that have been confirmed by the state. Both occurred in Dallas County, Missouri according to official reports.
It seems this list is now growing almost daily. The state of Missouri now has 194 confirmed mountain lion sightings in the state since 1994. 7 of those have been reported just this year.
The number of mountain lion sightings in Missouri seems to be skyrocketing. There are at least half a dozen in 2023 alone with a new video showing tracks a Missouri homesteader discovered on his land.