A recent article in the Journal of Wildlife Management documented the expansion of cougars — also called mountain lions, pumas or panthers - into midwestern North America where they have been absent since being exterminated in the early 1900s. Earlier articles in other scientific journals document the recent presence of cougars in eastern and northern Canada where they have been absent or seldom seen. I bring these reports to the reader’s attention to emphasize that sporadic reports of cougars on the Kenai Peninsula, while difficult for many to believe, are not unique.