The size of cats videotaped in Monroe County last spring are compared with the four images of a 15.5-inch diameter tree set vertically behind the lead cat. Even with the head and tail of the cat angled away from the camera, it is apparent the cat is about six feet long.

The height of cats videotaped in Monroe County last spring are compared with the image of a 15.5-inch diameter tree laid horizontal.

Cones placed by a forensics expert at 100-foot intervals at the scene where two cougars were video taped in Monroe County prove the cats were 1,038 feet from the camera.

A 10-pound house cat was compared to a cone and 15 1/2 -inch diameter tree as part of a forensics study that determined two cougars were caught on film in Monroe County.

Studies by the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy, supported by two independent video forensics experts, determined two cougars were video taped along a tree line in Monroe County last spring.

David Townshend, head of Forensic Examination Service, of Mason, found that two cats videotaped in Monroe County were indeed the size of cougars (mountain lions).

Bob Bishop, President of Future Media, of Okemos, used video forensics techniques to determine that two cats filmed in Monroe County were approximately six feet long.