<p>I didn’t state anything about current patterns. My exact words were:</p>
<p>“Just because there was an earlier pattern…”</p>
<p>Was. Past tense. Used to exist. In the past. Before the present.</p>
<p>Don’t get your panties in a twist over nothing. No one called you out. You made a point to say that the information was “out of date” (shouldn’t I be able to argue now that you called me out?) when you have nothing to support this beyond the fact that reported sightings for UCSC’s campus has nothing since 2007. I had mentioned before you posted that we do receive information about such things and surprisingly: I can read and comprehend quite well. You were not the only one to see the last reported sighting was 2007.</p>
<p>Seriously, dude, chill out and stop looking to pick a fight. Not cool. All I did was point out where your observations were inaccurate (especially since you failed to read where, as I again point out I said before you even posted initially, I mentioned we receive emails on such things… had there been a sighting mentioned between those times, then I would have posted about it). The “solid 2.5 years” are not unaccounted for either. Do a news search. There are no other reported sightings. Heck, I even conceded to the technicality that the sightings were only reported sightings. Someone could very well see one and never report it!</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is, though, the mountain lions very, very rarely come close to the populated area of campus. That large number of sightings from previous years was a huge oddity.</p>
<p>If it’s such a worthless discussion, then why did you bother to post ;)? Walk away, young padawan. Anger, fear, aggression… these are the path to the dark side. And mountain lions. Lots of mountain lions. But I’ve heard they have cookies :D</p>