Those Big Cats
To the editor:
The story “Wellfleet Discovers — and Freezes — Its First Bobcat” by Sam Pollak (Feb. 23, page A4) prompts me to retell my “Pamet Puma” tale.
On a sunny day in late June 1996, daughter Hilary and I were returning home from Ballston Beach, driving along South Pamet Road. As we neared the Route 6 overpass, a beigey-tan soft-coated puma sprang from the wooded hillside on the left and I had to jam on the brakes. The animal trotted right in front of our car and down into the Upper Pamet underbrush. It was about 2½ to 3 feet in length with pointy ears and a long tail, similar in proportions to a big domestic cat.
We were certain it was the Pamet Puma returning to its home turf, and we bragged about our sighting to anyone who would listen. At some point, the Truro Central School’s Pamet Puma became a black puma instead.
Also worth noting is that the spot where we saw the puma is within close range of the family homestead of the Kahns with their puma pranks, tales, and bumper stickers, as written about in your intriguing article.
Peggy G.K. Sovek
Truro and Provincetown
On the Side of DeAngelis
To the editor:
Whenever one of the Mary DeAngelis story sketches appears in the Provincetown Independent it makes my day a better day.
Thank you for publishing this artist’s work.
Frank Barringer
Provincetown
