By Miriam Raftery
File photo: Black jaguar
September 1, 2015 (Cedar Creek Falls) – Last year, East County Magazine ran a two-part series on numerous reported sightings of large black wildcats in our region :
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/are-black-wildcats-prowling-east-county
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/hello-kitty-more-black-wildcat-reports-surface
Today, we received an email from Chris and Peter Ruth, Forest Service volunteers and trail head hosts at Cedar Creek Falls. “We now have had two reports of a black `cat-like’ animal down by the falls,” they wrote, adding that there is water in the pond though the waterfall is dry this time of year.
Multiple hikers reported seeing a “large black animal” resembling a big cat in a tree near the falls in San Diego's backcountry in Cleveland National Forest between Julian and Descanso. The sightings were reported to the ranger. In addition, the Forest Service volunteers state, “Today, two female volunteers who hike the trail and pick up trash heard growling noises three times. With the drought, we wonder if animals are frequenting the pond to get water.”
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