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Summary
PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA THOUGHT A SERIES OF GOAT ATTACKS MIGHT BE A CASE FOR THE X-FILES. TURNS OUT IT WAS A CREATURE RARELY SEEN IN THESE PARTS: A COUGAR.
Footage Information
Source | CONUS Archive |
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Record ID | 179595 |
Story Slug | Goat Attacks |
Location | Brooksville, Florida |
Format | PKG |
Date | 12/7/1999 |
Archive Time | 42:08 |
TRT | 1:51 |
Supers | Near Brooksville, Florida :00Fred Kolasa, Cougar Trapper :36Charley Belcher, Reporting :53 |
Video Description | COUGAR IN CAGE; KOLASA SOT; SHOTS OF LAND; SHOT ALONG GROUND; KOLASA BUILDING CAGE; KOLASA SOT; COUGAR IN CAGE; KOLASA SOT; STAND-UP; SHOTS OF COUGAR; KOLASA SOT; KOLASA WALKING AROUND CAGE; GOATS.; COUGAR. |
Description | PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA THOUGHT A SERIES OF GOAT ATTACKS MIGHT BE A CASE FOR THE X-FILES. TURNS OUT IT WAS A CREATURE RARELY SEEN IN THESE PARTS: A COUGAR. |
Script | LEAD: IN HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA, A KILLER'S BEEN CAUGHT.A KILLER WHO HAD BEEN ROAMING THE WOODS FOR SIX WEEKS.SOMETHING WAS PREYING ON GOATS JUST NORTH OF BROOKSVILLE... NEIGHBORS FIGURED THEY HAD SOME SORT OF WILD ANIMAL ON THEIR HANDS.CHARLEY BELCHER SHOW US HOW THEY CAUGHT THEIR SUSPECT. SCRIPT: A MYSTERY WAS SOLVED WITH THE SLAMMING OF A TRAP DOOR.AND LOOK WHAT'S INSIDE: A BEAUTIFUL WESTERN COUGAR.(sot)"Three days of building a trap paid off."SIX WEEKS AGO THREE GOATS WERE FOUND SLAUGHTERED ON THIS PROPERTY.NEIGHBORS ASSUMED IT WAS A BOBCAT OR COYOTE DOING THE KILLING... THEN ONE EVENING CLOSE TO HALLOWEEN, FRED KOLASO SPOTTED A COUGAR IN THE WOODS NEAR WHERE THE GOATS HAD BEEN KILLED.A COUGAR? HERE? NO WAY, SOME PEOPLE SAID. SO FRED BUILT HIMSELF A TRAP OUT OF FENCING MATERIALS... AND WAITED.SIX WEEKS... NOTHING. THEN THIS WEEK ANOTHER GOAT WAS FOUND DEAD.(sot)"And when we found the goat, we figured this would be a good opportunity to use the cage as a trap."SO FRED SET THE CAGE RIGHT WHERE THE GOAT HAD BEEN KILLED, BAITED IT WITH WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE GOAT... AND WAITED AGAIN.(sot)"When she went in to get something to eat, she triggered the trap, and we caught her."(standup)FRED THINKS THE CAT IS SOMEONE'S PET THAT ESCAPED. HERE'S WHY HE THINKS SO: THE COUGAR HAS BEEN DECLAWED, THERE ARE NO CLAWS IN HER FRONT PAWS.ALSO LOOK HOW CALM SHE IS EVEN THOUGH I'M THIS CLOSE TO HER. IT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S BEEN AROUND HUMANS BEFORE.ALTHOUGH YOU CAN TELL SHE'S BEEN ON HER OWN FOR AWHILE... SHE'S NERVOUS, A LITTLE GRUMPY AND DOESN'T REALLY LIKE OUR CAMERA.(nats growling)BUT LATER SHE'LL JUST ROLL OVER ON HER BACK AND REST.FRED KNOWS THE CAT WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNER... BUT HE'S ENJOYING EVERY SECOND HE GETS TO SPEND WITH HER.(sot)"Once in a lifetime, this is the greatest thing that I can think of, I've been a hunter, done a lot of different things, but as far as catching this cat, it's been a real high for me."FRED IS GLAD HIS TRAP WORKED... AND SO ARE THE GOATS. AT LEAST THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT. TAG: A CITRUS COUNTY WOMAN LOST THE COUGAR LAST WINTER WHEN IT ESCAPED.SHE'S GOING THROUGH THE PAPER WORK WITH WILDLIFE OFFICIALS TO GET IT BACK. |
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