An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA

[Jolly]

They make good jerky...

[Copper]

Bobcat makes ok stuff, but they are usually closed on the weekend. It must be an emergency.

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[Jolly]

Actually, their CUTs are made by Kioti.

[89th]

Wow, that is cool and a bit scary. I have heard they are around... glad I never saw one when I was out jogging the reston paths.

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:

@89th @Copper @Aqua-Letifer Ain’t gonna believe this…

Driving to pickup Finley from a friend's house by North Point Village, and I see a medium sized dog crossing the street. I start pulling over towards the dog since it’s obviously got loose, and maybe I can grab it and look for a collar. I get closer and realize it’s not moving like a dog, more like a cat. Get up next to it and sure enough, it’s a frigging bobcat. Biggest one I’d ever seen. 40 lbs I bet. In Reston, for Cripes sake.

Wish I had a dash cam…

Awwww, fuzzy kitteh!

Kinda strange for bobcats to be that far away from the mountains I guess, but they're freaking everywhere once you start getting out west just an hour or two. That was my elementary school's mascot.

I love bobcats. They're pretty smart as predators go, their senses are through the roof and generally speaking they'll leave you alone unless they've already gotten used to people.

[a034393]

Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.

[LuFins Dad]

@a034393 said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:

Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.

I had problems uploading, too. The secret is that you have to change the size of the picture. When you go the the photo library and select a picture, there will be an options tab (bottom left on iPhone), touch that and change the size to large or medium, then upload.

And welcome!

[Copper]

photo library? what is that?

I just copy the picture from wherever (usually a screen grab), then paste it into the post.

[jon-nyc]

I saw a bobcat yesterday on the bike trail in Westchester. Fortunately he was afraid of me and ran before I got near him.

[89th]

@a034393 said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:

Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.

Reston is known for cougars, for sure.

I used to run that exact path for many years when I worked in a building adjacent to the W&OD.

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:

@a034393 said in An honest to god bobcat in Reston, VA:

Saw it this morning on the WO&D trail on the way to Reston from Herndon. Just past the FFX County parkway on the side path that parallels the bike path. I took a picture but ai can’t get it to upload. Will try again later.

Reston is known for cougars, for sure.

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Oh, you meant the feline cougars, didn’t you?

[89th]

Just don't step foot in Jackson's if you're allergic to cats, is all I'm sayin'.

[a034393]

@LuFins-Dad

[LuFins Dad]

Wow! Looks rather well fed! Maybe that’s why our goose population has dropped to manageable levels!