Baraga County resident Fred Nault spotted the animal near Skanee on May 5 and was able to snap a picture. The confirmed sighting in the Upper Peninsula comes almost two months following the cougar sightings in Ann Arbor near the University of Michigan’s North Campus.
DNR Wildlife Division staff members were contacted by Nault and visited the property this Tuesday to verify the location.
The cougar was spotted crossing a road when Nault, who happened to have a camera, took a picture before the animal fled into the woods.
DNR Wildlife specialist Adam Bump said the department is beginning to see a few scattered cougars moving back into the state.
"I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that we know cougars have established populations in the Dakotas, so we’re starting to see a lot of dispersal and for whatever reason they're heading east," Bump said. "We're starting to get more frequent cougar movement."
University of Michigan Police Lt. Bob Neumann said the university has not seen or heard anything since the end of March.
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