Wompass Cat stalking my dogs

[BG BEAGLER]

Paul this looks similar to what I've been seeing. I'd say the cats I've seen are about the size of a laborador...This is a good picture...

[letumrun]

Matt you sure it wasnt just a Bo Bo pup!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bobby Vest]

Sounds like your hearing a Bobcat or Ky Wildcat, they sound just like a woman screaming and will make the hair on your neck stand up. They usually weigh I think about 35 to 45 pounds and can tear up a big dog pretty bad. Man you talking about mean I had an over sexed Orangutan one time and that bugger was mean, he'd rather fight than make love and like I say he was over sexed.

[Blubeagle]

Sounds like your hearing a Bobcat or Ky Wildcat, they sound just like a woman screaming and will make the hair on your neck stand up. They usually weigh I think about 35 to 45 pounds and can tear up a big dog pretty bad. Man you talking about mean I had an over sexed Orangutan one time and that bugger was mean, he'd rather fight than make love and like I say he was over sexed.

i feel sorry for ya bobby...lol..im not gonna ask!

[J.C. Blair]

Me and Chad got the trail cams set up this afternoon. Maybe in a couple days, we'll have something. You boys think we're jokin......I'm tellin ya, there is a wompass cat on the loose. Oh yea, Bobby, that wasn't an orangatan monkey.....that was either Will or Big Al, if I was to bet.

[hounddog]

Sounds like your hearing a Bobcat or Ky Wildcat, they sound just like a woman screaming and will make the hair on your neck stand up. They usually weigh I think about 35 to 45 pounds and can tear up a big dog pretty bad. Man you talking about mean I had an over sexed Orangutan one time and that bugger was mean, he'd rather fight than make love and like I say he was over sexed.

Maybe that's what I've been seeing. You didn't turn him loose in the wild, did you Bobby?

hounddog
Jim Umbarger

[Bobby Vest]

I had to shoot the darn thing, got to where he didn't want to fight any more.

[Lynn Perkins]

Sounds like your hearing a Bobcat or Ky Wildcat, they sound just like a woman screaming and will make the hair on your neck stand up. They usually weigh I think about 35 to 45 pounds and can tear up a big dog pretty bad. Man you talking about mean I had an over sexed Orangutan one time and that bugger was mean, he'd rather fight than make love and like I say he was over sexed.

We call them shoulder monkeys here in the mtns seems to be more and more of them around lately also.

[hounddog]

I had to shoot the darn thing, got to where he didn't want to fight any more.

Thanks for the info, Bobby. If you didn't turn it loose then what I'm seeing must be one of my Ex wives!

hounddog
Jim Umbarger

[BG BEAGLER]

I don't know bout u Hounddog but I'd rather take my chances with a wompass cat as opposed to my ex-wife...If she ever crossed witha wompass cat I'd quit runnin dogs...Red haired wompass cats would be more than I could handle...hahaha

Lynn what u boys do over in the mountains to control these big kittys...sounds like to me ya'll had em around for a while and ur kinda used to em?? Any tips ya'll got would be much appreciated...

The Taylors were gonna bring that big walker over but they had him out last nite and he got ate up pretty bad by a momma cat protecting her kittens so I'm back to square 1

[Bobby Vest]

We have quite a few in this area but I have never heard of them coming in on anybody yet. The ones around here are real leery of people.

[J.C. Blair]

There has been reports of a wompass cat in the Crawfordsville, IN area. Reportedly, it almost carried Brian "Cotton Hill" Johnson off......Matt Spencer fought it off and saved him though. Matt Marple is on his way to NC, and saw two on the side of the road....I'm not even gonna tell you what else he saw.....

[SMALL TOWN]

Blair you can leave my name out of it. I havne't said anything. LOL!!!! You take that up Jeff Aka yottie gunner. And there is no way Matt could have fought it off, he is still crippled with one good arm and one bad arm.

[J.C. Blair]

Cotton, I'm glad to see you are ok....they said you were a little shook up, but you'd pull through with some therapy. Thank goodness Matt has one good arm to fight with lol.....

[wildcatfan0309]

What is a wompasss cat, never heard of such a thing in my life till now, If its a fact exsplain youself i dont think this a subject to joke about. so please exsplain.

the legend of the wompas cat

The mountains of Tennessee, from the hills of West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, are dotted with country folks whose occupations range from farmers to coal miners. Many of these country folks have tales of the paranormal, ranging from coal miner ghosts to legends of the Indians.


Jinx Johnston is one of those country people who had a true encounter of a famous legend. The legend of the Wampus Cat. Jinx was a robust man. He stood about 6 feet high and weighed around 200 pounds. He was the type of man that could not scare very easily. The camp fire would cast eerie shadows on the faces of his audience as he began to tell his story of the Wampus Cat. Below is Jinx Johnston's tale of the Wampus Cat.



There was an old woman who lived by herself in the hills of West Virginia. Townfolk swore she was a witch. People would complain their cattle would be hexed and other farm animals would come up missing. They all blamed the old woman because she lived like a hermit. Supposedly, she would turn herself into a cat and hide until someone would open the door. She would dart into the house and wait for her victims to fall asleep. She would cast a deeper sleeping spell on the farmer and then she would slip out of the window to steal a farm animal. The witch was so good at what she was doing, she was never caught.

One day, the townfolks decided they had grown tired of their livestock coming up missing or dead. They devised a plan to catch the witch in her own act. She snuck into an unsuspecting house and placed the whole family under her spell. She jumped out the window as she had always done and went straight for a cow or sheep. Uncle Jinx always changed the animal this woman was after. The old woman, still in her cat form, went to the barn. She began chanting spells to change herself back into human form. Before it was completed, several people jumped out and surprised her. The poor old woman never had the chance to complete the transformation. It left her half woman and half cat. A ghastly creature to the eye sight. The creature howled with fright and broke down the door. She ran off into the night, never to be seen again. Jinx Johnston said time is important for a witch if she was changing back from an animal to a human again. The spell she had cast upon herself could never be reversed or fixed. The witch was doomed to be the Wampus Cat for the rest of her life.

On nights when the moon is high, and the wind is blowing hard, you can see this creature. It walks upright like a human but has the body of a large cat. It howls and supposedly still stalks the hills of West Virginia. This creature is said to stalk farm animals but prefers young children the best.

Jinx would always finish his story by telling his audience how he used to go raccoon hunting. He and his 'coon dogs would be out looking for raccoons to tree. The moon would always be bright in the sky and the howls of the Wampus cat would ring in his ears. One night, the dogs were way ahead of him. He kept hollering for them to return but they never did. The robust man went on to tell how he tripped over something and his rifle went flying out of his hands. He smelled an awful smell. He said it smelled like a skunk and a wet dog. He looked up and saw this hideous creature. Saliva dripping from its fangs, and yellow eyes that glowed in the dark, and a howl that nearly brought him out of his skin. Jinx looked for his rifle but it was lost in the dark. He got up and slowly backed away from the creature. He turned around and ran as fast as he could towards home. Jinx told how he could feel and smell its breath on his neck. He bolted inside his house and slammed the door. He reached for his bible and began reading out loud. The Wampus Cat howled at his words. Finally, just as the sun peeked over the hill, the Wampus Cat left. He said this was the reason he stopped treeing raccoons at night. Jinx's fear of the Wampus Cat was greater than chasing a raccoon up a tree. Some mountain folktales never seem to die in the hills of the northern territory of the United States.


The second version of the Legend of the Wampus Cat begins this way. According to an old Indian legend, the Wampus Cat was created. It was said a young Indian woman did not trust her husband. It was custom for the men of the Indian tribe to hunt while the women did things around the encampments. The women were forbidden to hunt. One night, she placed the hide of a mountain cat on her body. She snuck out to spy on her husband to see what he did on his hunting trips. As the hunters gathered around their camp fires, the woman watched them. She became fascinated with the stories and the magic that was presented to the men of the Indian tribe. The poor woman was caught and for her crime, she was transformed into what is known as the Wampus Cat. The woman was doomed to be forever half woman and half mountain cat. The ghost of the Wampus Cat is still said to walk the hills of Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. On full moons, you can see the Wampus Cat howling. Is she howling because of her grave mistake and wishes to be transformed back to her humanly body?


But just remember this, when you are camping in the woods, and you hear her wail, she is near and may come to visit you.