LYNDEN — Police in Lynden say the multiple reports they received of a “cougar” sighting near the fairgrounds turned out to be a very muscular orange-colored domestic cat.
Police Chief Jack Foster tells the Bellingham Herald that one woman said she saw the cat twice. Police first learned of the sightings on Tuesday.
On Wednesday afternoon, a new sighting was reported. This time Foster says an officer was able to get within a few feet of the creature and report that it WAS a big cat — a big domestic cat.
The chief acknowledges that from a distance the animal did resemble a cougar.
He says the original witness confirmed it was the same cat she had seen earlier.
Foster says cougars have been seen in the community near the Canadian border — twice in the past two decades.
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Information from: The Bellingham Herald, http://www.bellinghamherald.com
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