#canyon the cougar

[theyshapedlikefriends]

100 Canyons

[planetbeanie]

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[beaniebabykid]

canyon the cougar

[sillybeanies]

today's beanie: canyon the cougar (1998)

[varalgus]

Canyon Cougar 🏜️

I’ve lived in Arizona most of my life. Something that always fascinated me were the intricate canyons and rock structures that have been carved with wind and water over millions of years. I wanted to portray that sense of wonder in this drawing!

[mygrowingcollection]

J.R. Stoddard

[thorsenmark]

Itineraries in Exploring Bryce Canyon National Parke by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While taking in views looking to the southeast at the overlook at Yovimpa Point in Bryce Canyon National Park. My thinking in composing this image was to create a layered look with the nearby escarpment and eroded formations of hoodoos leading off to the southern Utah landscape covered with trees on the hillsides and plateaus. The next one is to take advantage of a color contrast between the earth tones and the greens and yellows of the trees. I angled my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to create more of a sweeping view across this landscape. I felt that would add a little sense of grandeur to the terrain relief present as well as bringing the horizon higher into the image. It would also help to minimize the sun shining directly across the lens and creating lens flares as it was still low in the sky's that morning. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

[statecryptids]

OZARK HOWLER- ARKANSAS

The Ozarks are a range of low mountains found primarily in Northern Arkansas and southern Missouri with portions extending into Oklahoma and Kansas.   Their origins lie in the late Paleozoic when sand, silt, coral, and shells built up as layers of sludge on the bottom of a sea that covered  what would eventually become the American South. Over time these sediments hardened into rock- sand became sandstone, silt became slate, and the shells and coral became limestone- and the movement of tectonic plates pushed them upwards into a low dome-like plateau.  Over the next 485 million years rivers and rain gradually eroded the soft rocks into canyons, cliffs, and caves that have provided habitat for bears, bobcats, otters and other Southern wildlife along with more unusual creatures like blind cave fish, collared lizards and endangered grey bats. And perhaps a cryptid or two.

According to legend, the people of the Ozarks have been haunted for decades by the unearthly screams of a beast dubbed the Black Howler.  Those who have caught a glimpse of the monster describe it as a dark-furred cat nearly the size of a bear. Other reports claim it has glowing red eyes and demonic horns sprouting from its head.

Explanations for the beast range from a normal, though unknown, species of large cat to something more supernatural. A few people have even compared the beast to English and Welsh legends of black dogs, cŵn annwn, hellhounds, and other supernatural beasts that bring misfortune to those who see them.

More skeptical people have speculated that the Howler is simply a misidentified cougar. Though these big cats are believed to be extinct in this region, it’s possible that a small population has survived. Or perhaps a few lone individuals have wandered in from other areas. This theory is bolstered by photos from trail cams showing creatures that strongly resemble these animals, and by similar cases of “phantom big cats” occurring in areas of the US where they are not normally found.

Though some claim that legends of the Howler go back generations, cryptozoologist Loren Coleman has found that the first reports of the beast originated from posts on online forums in the late 1990s. His investigations indicate that the “folklore” about the beast was a deliberate hoax to mock the widespread reports of chupacabras and bigfoots that were becoming increasingly widespread at the time thanks to the advent of the internet. Hoax it may be, but the Howler has since become a popular piece of Ozark folklore and sightings are still regularly reported.

 The Howler is especially significant as one of the first urban legend monsters to be created online, laying the groundwork for later, more famous internet creatures like Slenderman, The Rake, Momo, and Trevor Henderson’s Siren Head.

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[beanbagbuddies4life]

[Canyon the Cougar beanie baby in a denim vest with a couple of pins next to a pack of bubblegum cigarettes]

A bad boy going out for a bubblegum break

This is the craft I did a few nights ago!! Little Beanie Baby vest out of a sleeve I cut off. The cuff is too big but if you have a chunk of denim I highly recommend it

[kittyslashers]

been obsessed with @todaysbeanie lately so here's my collection! you can really tell how long i've had some of these

from left -> right, top -> bottom we've got:

rodney the hamster, rusty the raccoon, pixy the unicorn, kiki the cat, spirit the german shepherd, binky the bush baby, dangler the sloth, zig-zag the zebra, speckles the leopard, anora the dragon, cruiser the turtle- teeny, tiggy the tiger- teeny, sledder the husky, colby the mouse- puffy, prince the husky- puffy, echo the bat- puffy, nori the narwhal, canyon the cougar, amber the cat (2), patches the guinea pig, spike the hedgehog (? i think?), ? (google is giving me nothing for this one. got it from mcdonalds years ago, same with spike), prance the cat, and the last little guy has a ty butt tag but i can't find him on beaniepedia :(( just let him be included ok

EDIT: FORGOT ONE!!!

buckley the deer!

[audkitty]

American mountain lion, also known as a cougar. Proceeds when I bought her went to the Grand Canyon lion conservatory

I need help naming her

She needs a good MILF name

[thesagebrushkid]

"Trapped in Cougar Canyon"

Sometimes trouble finds you while you are out looking for "trouble". I have a love/hate with this picture, white The Kid is looking great, I made the mistake by making the return fire streams too wide. But it's still tolerable to look at.

[planetbeanie]

Big cat energy

[forestduck]

Feb 10, 2018 - Deep in the thickly wooded canyons of central Oregon are the remarkable Cougar Hot Springs, also known as...

[varalgus]

Canyon cougar

[poshfind]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Rescue Adventures Collection: Five Family Movies 2 DVD Set NWT & Sealed.