Pretty cool to have one around, in a creepy sorta way that involves it not being around my house!
Several years ago I went to NM elk hunting. There were 3 other men going out to hunt the same area from around here. I drove out by myself as I make better time and kept strange hours back in those days. I left home a couple of hours after the other fellas, but still arrived at our hunting area a full 8 hours ahead of them a short 25 hour drive later. I set up my camp, went for a look around, shot an elk and took off on the blood trail after dark. As I picked my way through the high desert armed with a mini-mag light and a longbow well after dark following the elk's trail, I found mountain lion tracks as he was trailing the same elk I was! It freaked me out, scared the crap out of me as I thought about my situation. There was not a soul on this Earth that would know where to find my body, heck I didn't even know where I was. All I knew was that I was no longer at the top of the food chain, and for the first time in my life I knew that "I'm being watched" feeling was likely there for a reason. Needless to say I made it back to my camp and was absolutely thrilled the next morning when my companions arrived. I didn't hug any of them, but it did cross my mind. Somehow, the thought of the neighborhood black bears never bothered me, but knowing there are lions around, and the fact that you cannot go anywhere out there without occasionally going under a rock overhang, is just unnerving.
We don't need a population of those things around Ohio. Shoot, shovel and shut up if given the opportunity! Our forefathers nearly wiped out the nation's predators with good reason! They belong in Zoos and magazines, not hanging out by your kid's trampoline. You don't need the permission of anyone to protect your kids IMO.