Mystery Scratches

Last week we noticed that one of the round hay bales on our farm down the road had been pulled apart. It looked as if something big had made a nest in it, albeit temporarily. Yesterday, we noticed that the outer layer of wood on our power pole had been peeled.

 That's quite a bit of peeled wood. Obviously, it wasn't a small critter.

 

The scratch marks in the pole don't indicate a small critter either. 

 

They're way bigger scratches than what a housecat would leave.

 

What critter could it be? Mountain lion? Bear? Bigfoot? 

Ah, the mysteries of rural living!

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