we’ve had them in and around our neighborhoods for several years now--they are wary of humans, but not as much as they once were. Have fisher cats as well........ugly, nasty creatures, have been known to come up on our deck at night--peered in the glass slider one night and scared the b’jesus out of us!! Not what we were expecting to see looking in at us. Guess maybe there is a lesson in there--get drapes or something over the glass?? HA! Never!!
PS--What does b’jesus mean? It seemed appropriate for this comment, not sure where I got it from! 
Posted by cyn on 01/10/06 at 03:29 PM
Kind of like alligators in the sewers. 
According to a couple of blurbs I read this morning, there have been coyotes caught in Boston, too. If they can live in Boston, they would be able to live in Manhattan, although how they got there is another matter…
That’s a new one on me, Cyn . I’d not heard of fisher cats before so looked them up. Not what I’d want gazing in my windows!
Bejesus, supposedly a variation of By Jesus. I don’t know how you’d scare the By Jesus out of anyone. It makes more sense to scare The Jesus out of someone. Maybe it just sounded suitably shocking for a shocking occasion.
Fisher cats, eh? For a moment, I thought you were discussing minor league baseball in Manchester.
Speaking of dangerous beasties, the Great White Whale is my captcha word.
I’m just guessing, mind you, but if one of *those* fisher cats was staring in Cyn’s window, ugly and nasty would probably not be the words she’d use. 
Wow. I’d not like one of those within 100 yards of me (or my dog).
I’m afraid my visitor has become roadkill; I saw a body on the street this afternoon.
Oh that’s a shame, Linkmeister. But maybe it wasn’t the one in your yard? I kind of subscribe to the idea that if you see one, there are more lurking. Maybe yours will come back. That’d be cool. We need more pictures!
My sister (just down the road from you) has had an awful time with them for years now. She can’t leave the dog out on his leash alone. They are also very careful not to let him out to pee alone at night.
Trust me, you WANT them to stay timid and afraid!
Posted by justme on 01/11/06 at 06:29 AM
Why didn’t I know this? Sheesh, you’d think I’d just moved here or something.
she lives in a much less populatedarea than you
Posted by justme on 01/12/06 at 06:27 AM
Ohh. I was thinking of the other sister. Okay. That makes sense.
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I understand coyotes have been seen in Manhattan (though that may be one of those factoids that “everyone knows” but no one can validate).