According to state officials, mountain lions have been exterminated in Kansas since 1904. She and her husband, Ken, were driving down Hastie Road about a half mile south of Wakarusa Valley Elementary School last fall. There, in the gravel road, was a family of cougars. The mom was sitting in the road with two kittens right behind her. We looked at each other.
Cougars are out there.
Some experts even think they could be wild cougars. Cat Sightings Arletta Flory, Overbrook resident, spends a lot of time on the horseback riding trails near Clinton Lake. She has seen cougars several times during the past five or six years near the southwest end of the lake. Her most recent sighting was last fall. She also has seen half-eaten deer partially covered with dirt, which is consistent with cougar behavior.