Farewell to the lion?

Bruce Hughes of the Colorado Springs Gazette wrote this wrapup on the Colorado Springs lion case. The animal has essentially disappeared in a cloud of puzzlement. I appreciate his quoting me, though I don't think I said exactly the last half of the final sentence. Or I'm sure I meant something that sounded rational and profound at the time. Anyway, until and unless there are more sightings or other evidence (like someone admitting having lost track of a big chow dog in the area, or a better set of lion pawprints than what DOW now says they had), the case is not moving toward any certain solution.