(MN DNR Photo)
ST. CLOUD (WJON) – The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says they are aware of some social media posts about possible cougar sightings. Although they don’t believe anyone has officially reported it to their office. The first the sheriff’s office heard of a possible sighting was in the New London area, then a possible sighting in the Richmond area, and the last posting was in the St. Stephen area, located north of St. Cloud.
Any sightings should be reported to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources or local law enforcement. On the DNR’s website, they say today cougars don’t live in Minnesota but occasionally do roam in the state from the Dakotas and Nebraska.
The DNR also says that although some cougar sightings in Minnesota are accurately identified, many observations from trail cameras and tracks turn out to be cases of mistaken identity. Bobcats, house cats, coyotes, wolves, fishers, and light-colored dogs have all been mistaken as cougars.
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