I have a cousin in North Central Missouri who claims to have seen a female mountain lion and three cubs lying in a dirt road when he was mowing hay some years ago. He called his folks to come over and see them (on his ham radio), and they saw the cats, too. He didn't have his camera with him, but did have his radio.
This cousin hasn't got enough imagination to lie about anything, he's about steadiest character I know, period. My uncle confirmed it, too.
Another cousin, who's NOT too bright, has seen them, too, and one of his friends set up a trail cam and caught some pics of another big cat on another property about 5 miles away, and someone else who had a camera out caught another cat on film.
MDC confirmed that one.
