Mystery big cat prowling California streets - Unexplained Mysteries

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Is it a lion?

A dog?

A Chupacabra?

Residents of the LA suburb were understandably concerned when the footage, which appears to show a large muscular feline walking across the road next to a parked vehicle, started to circulate the Internet. Experts at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have been studying the video in detail and while they don't believe that the animal is a mountain lion they have been otherwise unable to determine what it could be.

Some Internet users have speculated on social media that the the animal is a dog that just happens to look like a large cat while others have suggested that it might even be an actual African lion. Local zoo officials have confirmed however that all their big cats are accounted for.

"The tail doesn’t seem to match up to the physical traits of a mountain lion, so it is still a mystery," said Norwalk Mayor Marcel Rodarte.



Residents in Norwalk, California, are jittery over reports of an African lion possibly roaming the streets. So far, only grainy security images of the mysterious creature have emerged, showing the animal prowling along the sidewalk.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife experts studied that footage. The cat-like animal is not a mountain lion, authorities determined. “Department officials still cannot definitively identify the type of animal,” authorities said. “They will continue to investigate.”

“We’ve got dogs and my sister got another little dog, so we’re all just making sure everybody keeps their pets inside,” resident Elizabeth Colon said.



Norwalk Mayor Marcel Rodarte is intrigued by the creature’s appearance. “The tail doesn’t seem to match up to the physical traits of a mountain lion, so it is still a mystery,” Rodarte said. Authorities with a local zoo claimed all the big cats are accounted for. A similar lion scare occurred last year in Virginia -- but that ominous animal turned out to be a bizarrely-coiffed labradoodle named Charles the Monarch. While dog-grooming tricks can confuse people from time to time, the gait of the mystery beast in California has residents concerned.

A mystery animal thought to be a mountain lion has been caught on camera stalking the streets of Los Angeles.Security camera footage filmed by a householder in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk shows the beast skulking through a residential area on the night of June 29.

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