Last weekend, I ran into a section hiker at Miss Janet's and a few days later on the trail, who claims he discovered the tracks of mountain lion near Big Bald Shelter near the TN/NC border. He said he had taken a picture of it with his digital camera and he later ran into some rangers down at Spivey Gap, whom he showed the picture too. Supposedly, they were extremely interested in finding the exact location upon seeing the picture, and one of the rangers was actually going to go up to try to locate the track, and make a cast of it. This hiker, who goes by the name, Finder, seemed pretty reliable, and gave me no reason to doubt his story.