Saw it on the news tonight. That one officer could pick him up by his feet says he was a youngster, not the 150 pounder they often find. I would love to see one (from afar).

-Babka

This guy was a half mile from our house last week. He was tranquilized and returned to the mountains/forest.

Yikes!! And I just complain about the coyotes!! And deer. No oversized felines to deal with :-)

It's pretty scary to have them wandering around at 10 am...and right where people walk/jog. It's more common to see bobcats. Our neighbor's security camera caught a bear in her driveway at 3 am. Coyotes are everywhere, so people have to be very vigilant with their pets.

There was one in my parents' Arizona neighborhood this summer. My mother forwarded the picture that the homeowners' association sent around of the the big cat standing on top of an air conditioning compressor next to someone's back door. Yikes! Although there are warning signs in our nearby county park, there is never anything more than a rare bobcat sighting.

Kate, they are beautiful, for sure. Even more so from afar!

This photo's from a year ago about 5 miles from us near our daughter's house. The bear was just tranquilized. It's more common to see them than mountain lions. Though extremely cautious about the safety of people and animals, the authorities are equally concerned with getting these critters back to their own digs.

They are just hungry. Our backyards are their grocery store. I have coyotes and a bobcat around. I would leave out a knife and fork if I thought they would use it on the raccoons that used to dig up the little bit of grass I have. I always know when the coyotes catch something cuz they alert the neighborhood. I call them coyotes parties.