Jack Huffman of Jamesport was leaving Gallatin to go back to his farm around 9 a.m. on Nov. 21 and had just pulled out on Highway 6 heading east.
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At the bluff of the Raymond Ridlen ice house, something came out of the grass from the north side of the road and scampered across the highway. At first Jack thought they were rabbits; they were about that size. He came to a full stop and realized he was watching a litter of five baby bobcats cross the highway in front of him.
The bobcats crossed in single file from north to south and were close enough Jack could see the black pointed ears and white lining around their eyes and their bobbed tail. He thinks their mother must have crossed just ahead of them.
Another pickup going the other direction also stopped and watched them cross the highway, but Jack didn’t recognize the driver.
Female bobcats are territorial and their range is about five square miles. It’s quite possible their den is somewhere in the woods around Dockery Park.