I want to see those pics.
Go to Toolbox at the top of the AQ page and select photo gallery.
Click create photo album. Fill in the info. Select upload photos and there you are. Please make it a public album so I can see that bobcat.

If it'd been snake, you could have uploaded it here: https://www.atlasquest.com/gallery/viewalbum.html?gAlbumId=3467

And the rest of the story??? Clearly, it didn't attack and eat you and your friend . . . did it just walk on by? Did you make yourself large and make noise to scare it off? Anxious to hear the outcome of your encounter 😳

How exciting!

I’m with WH, let’s see the pics!

How did the story End?

I had some clues telling me to look in the "serpent's den", but in front of the little cave was a real live copperhead, who then proceeded to go into the cave.

Did you look in the den? 😁

This is too much of a story and I just had to add on to it. After reading what happened to you, Huntress, I also had an similar occurrence. I know exactly how you felt because I am also sure that I found the exact same box in TX, lol. Here are the pics that I took while boxing I encounter this bobcat. I managed to return the box and grabbed my things. This happened almost 5 years ago. Cute kitty!

That Bobcat just kept walking toward me...and passed by about 4 ft from me! One of the joggers in the area said, “oh yeah, they are around...if you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you!” But the bad part was that the box was missing!

But the bad part was that the box was missing!

I guess the bobcat was first finder!

Ok - I made the photo album, The Huntress’s Bobcat” But I don’t know how to put a link in this message. Note: the close up picture is not on Zoom, and it was taken with my iPhone. The other picture is just as the Bobcat walked out when we read the clue (added the highlighting later), but this wasn’t a great picture...I was in a hurry and a little nervous!

I think that's an amazing picture of the bobcat!

What an incredibly beautiful animal! How lucky you were to see it! And what a crazy coincidence!

Oh, my g-d! Those bobcat photos!

Cute kitty!

It just sat there on the log while you took its picture? That is one semi-tame cat.

Awesome photos, Huntress! Yes, it just like the clues read at box 9. What an amazing coincidence.

...but in front of the little cave was a real live copperhead...

Here's what I heard lately: If you're hiking a trail and you smell cucumbers, beware! There's a copperhead nearby. Anybody else ever heard that?

I. Am. So. JEALOUS!!!!! HOW COOL!!!!

Oh wow! What an interesting and possibly scary experience! I'm sure that's one trip that won't easily be forgotten! Great shot of the bobcat, too!

Did you look in the den?

Of course I did, this was my third attempt at that box and I really wanted it. Turns out it was the wrong den.

Of course I did, this was my third attempt at that box and I really wanted it. Turns out it was the wrong den.

That’s both sad and funny.