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October 07, 2005

It's a Critter!

Folks down around Ozark have been seeing a strange critter that no one seems to be able to identify.

“Like nothing I’ve ever seen,� says Harley Edtin, a local business owner who has seen the animal. “I know that it has a cat's tail that's 16-18 inches long, in that neighborhood, and it's not long enough for the mountain lion and too long for the bobcat. It's colored similar to a bobcat but doesn't look like anything.�

My best guess is that it's a ringtail cat, a/k/a miner's cat. They're not really cats, but are members of the raccoon family. They come up out of Texas occasionally. My parents had one hanging around for a while a couple of years ago, and I remember seeing one as roadkill when I was a kid.

Nothing mysterious about them, just another tourist.

Posted by Rita at October 7, 2005 05:34 AM

Comments

i'm a latin student and i happened upon your blog in a google search for "res ipsa loquitur." I was wondering why you chose the title.

Posted by: Alicia at October 7, 2005 06:15 PM

Partly because it's a legal term & I'm an attorney. And partly because of its literal translation "the thing speaks for itself".

A latin student huh? That's pretty cool. You'll be surprised how much you'll use that skill out in the real world. I've always wished I could've taken Latin.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 7, 2005 07:06 PM