Anyone else seen a big black cat near the Ozarks? Third time this month

Not my usual territory (I'm more of a BEK researcher here in Wiltshire) but big cat sightings genuinely fascinate me as a parallel phenomenon. We have the "Beast of Exmoor" and similar here in the UK and the pattern of sightings is always the same - multiple witnesses over a short period, then nothing for months.

Three times in one month is significant. That's not misidentification, that's a resident animal with a territory and a routine.

What I'd want to know is whether the sightings cluster around the same rough area or if they're spread across a wider range. A genuinely large felid - escaped exotic pet, or something more cryptozoological - would move in predictable circuits if it has an established home range. Third time this month suggests either the animal is bold or its habitat is shrinking and its pushing closer to human activity.

Has anyone actually measured the tracks? Even a rough size comparison against a boot or hand in a photo would help narrow down what species we're talking about.

@shawna_cooper you'd actually be surprised how much overlap there is between big cat sightings and other paranormal hotspots. The Ozarks are interesting because you get these clusters of different phenomena in the same geographic areas, same as we do here in Yorkshire and on Exmoor.

What I find compelling about the British big cat reports specifically is the sheer consistency of the descriptions over decades. The Beast of Exmoor, the Beast of Bodmin, the Lincolnshire big cat - all strikingly similar, all from credible witnesses who have nothing to gain from making it up. Whether they're escaped exotic pets that have bred in the wild or something stranger, I genuinely don't know.

Third time this month though is significant. If you can get the witness accounts documented properly and cross-referenced with location data, that's where the interesting patterns start to emerge.