Book gathers historic accounts of Michigan cougar encounters

This photo was captured on a trail cam on Nov. 19, 2019, in Ontonagon County and was confirmed as a cougar sighting by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. (Photo courtesy of the DNR)
MARQUETTE — In 1892, a woman left her young child asleep in a wagon while she picked blackberries close by in the small town of Fergus in Saginaw County.

She returned a short time later to a horrific scene: Her child was gone and a pool of blood lay in its place.