"The swimming cougar of Lake Whatcom became a viral sensation this week after Jordan Kirbyson of Bellingham, Washington posted photos of the big cat on Facebook".................... "Kirbyson, his father, and a neighbor had just finished up their morning water ski run Sunday, June 5, at Lake Whatcom when they saw a cougar swimming in the water about 300 feet from wooded Reveille Island"................ "A stunned Kirbyson grabbed his cellphone and a video camera as the men idled the boat until they were about 15 feet from the cougar, which was swimming from the island near Camp Firwood straight across the lake to popular Hertz Trail at North Lake Whatcom Park, a distance of nearly half a mile"..............Click on link below to watch the video

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LAKE WHATCOM

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Jordan Kirbyson, a water skier who lives on Lake Whatcom, took this photo of a cougar swimming in Lake Whatcom on June 5, 2016. He was in a boat about 15 feet from the animal. Jordan Kirbyson Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald

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