Catamount

the long version

Veteran wildlife officer Steve Dunne finds the remains of an apparent victim of a mountain lion attack while hunting in central Pennsylvania. The game commission insists that there are no mountain lions in the state and pressures Dunne to delay warning other hunters to avoid a panic. Native American mountain lion expert Dr. Alex Lightfoot is hired to track the elusive creature and, together, he and Dunne unravel a conspiracy even more sinister than a rogue mountain lion.