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NO HOUSE CATJohn Sherman, resident of the Sato community east of Ava measures with his hands the width of a paw print of an unknown animal found in north-central Jackson County. The paw print,daubed with black shoe polish to show against the snow background, measures 7 Yi by 5 Uinches. Hie tracks hare been found in an area about eight miles wide between A\ a and\ ereennes.InchesPrintshsyVb1C5-V[VIt,bi-isn)fnik-10it;dhdtevidsrsmt-Big Paw Tracks Mystify Northern Jackson CountyBv Tonv Seven* land Clarence Shimpf conrimtedOf lire Soubern Illinoisan tracking the animal Monday after-An unknown animal with'kingfnoon, and found prints in mudsize'* paw tracks has rural , . r r ~i l., . ‘ . ill t*«r the function of Rattlesnakeresidents of north-central Jackson JCounty a bit on the nervous side.;Creek and Beaucoup Creek.No one has actuallv seen it, Hut N*ir Oravillltracks running over a six to eight-] Roy Sherman said the tracksmile course from the Ava area east showed the animal headed in a gen-roward \ergrnnes leave no dou t southeasterly direction. The 0 of the presence of some tvpt of Ust ^ of ^ kj ntaI p.}r cat definitely above If! house saw.# • e-v■kThe tracks were found over thej-43 about one mile east of Oraville.John Sherman said tracks trac-ueekend and raced through theTracks were found starting«ed Sunday led to one point w heresnowj in the vicinitv of the Martin farm, the animal ran into a four foot pas-3 about one mile northeast o( lie fcnce Tracks showed the Ava village limits, and have been d thtf fpT)Ce tppaTCntlv j ^ miles east A 'traced to a point and south of Sato.seeking a hole, and then ieapedthe wire obstacle.Sherman said Sdto residents ares I Iracks remained perfectlv pre-' served in he sub-freezing rempeT-, , , .r j concerned with two maior issues:K aitures of Sundav and Mond.iv, ,,, r „ r t W had is it- and, probablv moreand perfect paw outlines were tol- , \ r -* 1 important, Where is itrlowed almost the entire distance.Sherman said rural residents areA group of Ava and CampbellHill area men tracked the animal concerned primarily about possible Sunday, but ran out of luck eist stacks on humans, including chil-of Sato when the tracks ran out Jen walking from their homes to n in ground where the snow fall had school bus stops, been light or had melted.^ 7 Bv 5OneSo far no reports have been received of any attacks on stock, Sherman said.perfectly preserved paw' a print on a mud road leading to Mountain Lion? the Harmon Graeff firm northeast! Aya residents j£Qn toward c]^_ of Ava measured / Vi inches long fjcation of theanimal as a memberlt;»nd 5 V* inches wide.John J. Sherman, a Campbell Hill barber who lives in the rural area near Sato, was oneof the lion family, possibly mountain lion. Some call itaaT tb T st Pant^er a stride.Several phvsical lacts are cer-to find the traces. n.. . ,CL i I „ . i tain. 1 he prints measure more thanSherman said he saw the tracks r # .a, the side of a road near his sevcn h'\ m ,nchK; m,h * s‘nS‘'brother's farm, fir said he back- P3 «»™ted at 8 to 40_ i i i • i „ inches. I he animal s prints rail al-tracked he paw prints, and on . . , t . . ,Sundav went with several other ,ln 8 .sin8 c. ’* tfriends to track the prints as far P'5 mckln8 almos' on ,0P of as possible.One long stTetch of prints rum The prints show clearly a heel, more thin'a mile at the side ot a pad, and five ties, very similar a heavily traveled rock road, and imprint of a human handpasses directlv in front of four *n i hand print, homes. Only time and a chance sight-Roy Sherman, a brother of John, ingcan provide the other answer*.each other.
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Southern Illinoisan
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Tue, Feb 11, 1958
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