I Taught I Saw A Puddy Cat

A young adult cougar was safely captured in the parking lot of the Lewiston Safeway store after a wildlife biologist shot the 80- to 100-pound male with a tranquilizer dart Wednesday. Officials from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are now seeking a zoo or research facility that is willing to take the animal. “By policy, once they have been exposed to people that is really the only option to euthanasia,” said Jay Crenshaw, regional wildlife manager for the department at Lewiston.The animal was spotted hiding behind landscaping bushes on the west side of the parking lot around 3:30 p.m./ Eric Barker , Lewiston Tribune. More here. (Lewiston Tribune photo)

Question: Have you encountered a potentially dangerous animal in the wilds … or near a grocery store?