‘Ol Pete Puma

[Dirty Steve]

Bobcat. Zoom in and it is clear that it does not have a long tail. I have lots of pictures of cats like this at my farm near Crawfordsville.

Dirty Steve

 

[KellyinAvon]

Probably stalking a Paoli Ram.

@manifest destiny I was expecting more of the folks from the 812 to get the reference.

 

[TLF]

They used to say there were no bears or badgers in the state either. But they keep showing up.

 

[yetti462]

Pic is of a bobcat, see ol bobby on a regular basis. The 812 is full of the damn things and we need a season on them.

 

[KokomoDave]

It's not a bobcat but a very sophisticated Robert Feline.

 

[two70]

The length to height of the cat does look more like a mountain lion than a bobcat at first glance but a close look reveals it is clearly a bobcat.

People wonder why the DNR so often (accurately) tells people that they haven't seen a mountain lion, this is a good example how easy it is to be mistaken.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Not a bad idea to get an idea for scale.

It would be an easy way to prove the Lion’s are here debate but no one ever wants to bring those pics to the table. I think they like the ghost stories.

 

[76Too]

It would be an easy way to prove the Lion’s are here debate but no one ever wants to bring those pics to the table. I think they like the ghost stories.

I’m on the ghost story side of it! I know Indiana is mostly flat, but there’s some hum dinger hills some places! Mountain lions are evasive as heck, until they’re not!

 

[manifest destiny]

When I first looked at the OP's pic I thought the body length, height and posture looked very mountain lion like. The bobbed tail gave it away though. There was a vid on youtube at one point that claimed to have been recorded at Atterbury. It was a mountain lion to be sure. But the provenance wasn't as conclusive. I don't think Indiana has established big-cats.