Video Shows Cougar Eating a Deer in The Upper Peninsula

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says recent video of a cougar is one of almost 30 confirmed sightings of the animals in the Upper Peninsula since 2008.

The DNR posted a 60 second video Feb. 19 of the cougar eating a deer carcass in Mackinac County. Two hunters from Remus used a trail camera to capture video of the male cougar repeatedly returning to the deer kill site to eat.

Cougars were originally native to Michigan, but were driven out of the state around 1900. The last known cougar taken in the wild occurred in 1906 near Newberry.

There have been periodic reports of cougars throughout the years and since 2008, there have been numerous cougar sighting reports from various locations in Michigan.

I'm actually originally from Mackinac County, and I have been seeing reports of sightings from friends and family on Facebook over the last three or four years.

You can submit cougar sighting to the DNR online.