For the third time in just a few weeks, a wild mountain lion was seen wandering a neighborhood in North Texas. This time, Plano residents were graced by its presence as it spookily meandered by a Ring doorbell camera.
I Ain’t Lion!
The sighting, according to Chron, happened just after two in the morning as this nocturnal cat walked in front of someone’s house, presumably hunting for food.
Chron continued to note that the first recent sighting was in an RV park in Lake Dallas. Side note: Lake Dallas is NOT in fact a lake located in Dallas… pfft, I knew that… Anyways, the second sighting was just a few days later as one was seen outside of a house in Frisco.
Luckily, all sightings so far have occurred at night, and none of them resulted in any human interaction.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Urban Wildlife Biologist Sam Kieschnick is under the assumption that these three sightings are simply of the same cat.
Mountain Lions in Texas
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you view it, mountain lions (AKA pumas, panthers or cougars) are solitary animals that prefer seclusion and are active at nighttime, so they are often difficult to spot…