So I got curious once the Colorado license plate was pointed out to me. I did a Google image search and although I could not find the New Jersey article (The cougars have been claimed to have been seen there) I did find this comment in a thread.
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According to the New Jersey Herald, the photos seem to be from Colorado.
It is also the same set of photos that has circulated in Colorado since at least Dec. 18, 2009, according to Tyler Baskfield, head of public affairs for the Colorado Division of Natural Resources.
He said the same series of pictures was taken in Conifer, just west of Denver on Route 285, with a totally different sense of direction.
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Seems a bit more plausible. I was just repeating the info my Dad had sent me me. I apologize for misleading anyone. (I did confirm that Tyler Baskfield exists and is actually an employee of the Colorado Division of Natural Resources.)
ADDED: From Googling "Conifer Cougar Pictures" it eventually led me to this forum. So far this seems to be the earliest posting of these pictures so may be the true origin of them.
http://www.hayabusa.org/forum/random...them-pics.html
ADDED # 2: So seeing how much I could find out on this potentially "original" photo I entered it into a meta-data reader. (Cool program/site you can find here.
http://www.findexif.com/) The info there lists that the photo was taken November 2nd 2003. I could not find a Geotag on it.