“The video appears to be legitimate, and the tracks were found in close proximity,” he said. “I’m about as convinced as I can be without seeing the cat myself,” Jackson told the Morning News. A bobcat’s tail is normally 6 inches long and does not touch the ground. Mountain lions are often confused with bobcats, but they are much larger and have long tails that touch the ground. Jackson said he shared his photos with a tracking expert, who verified the prints, the newspaper reported. “One key thing to keep in mind is mountain lions are a component of the natural landscape in many parts of Texas, and unless they are in what we would consider a no-tolerance zone such as near a school, or if the lion exhibited threatening behavior, then there’s really no action they would consider taking,” Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesperson Megan Radke said in a statement.Ĭhris Jackson, who runs a website and Facebook page called DFW Urban Wildlife, confirmed that he inspected the mountain lion’s tracks, finding them “in soft wet sand just south of where the videos of the cat were recorded,” the Morning News reported. She says, ‘Huh?’ I said there’s a mountain lion in my backyard.”īiologists said they suspected this mountain lion was most likely a transient juvenile seeking a home range, KXAS reported. Humphrey said she told the dispatcher, “I’m sitting in my car and there is a mountain lion in my backyard. Humphrey said she immediately called the police. “Then it turned into shock, and then it turned into fear.”
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