Mountain Lions (or Something Else)

A few "big cat" reports have been in the news recently. First, an Oakland, Maine, resident has turned over some fur for DNA testing to state biologists. From the news:

"He said a big cat shed the fur while grooming itself on a snowy rock in his wooded backyard in April.
"'I'm not 100 percent sure it was a mountain lion, but it was a big cat, believe me,' Higgins said, pacing across the mown grass and peering off into the nearby undergrowth.
"Higgins' lawn extends a little more than 30 yards from his back porch, from which he said he spotted the cat at the edge of the woods." ...
"Higgins said the cat's body and tail each were about 4 feet long, and he estimated its weight at around 100 pounds.
"Higgins later collected a pinch of fur from the rock, but didn't turn it in to biologists until reading a Morning Sentinel account last week about a possible sighting in Sidney."

And, from Grand Island, New York:

"In the past month there have been three sightings in a woodded area on Baseline and Bush roads of what could be a mountain lion." ...
"The State DEC tells 2 On Your Side, they investigated the calls about two weeks ago but, their search has stopped because they couldn't find any proof there was a mountain lion. They looked for any type of evidence including: paw marks, scratch markes or even dead prey."