Big cat spotted in Johnson County early Wednesday
Lenexa, blood. – A big cat view in Johnson County. Some say it looks like a mountain lion, the authorities believe it is a Bobcat.
The animal was seen on Wednesday in the southeastern corner of the 95th Street and Santa Fe Drive Trail in Lenexa.
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When Dan Robinson noticed the big cat, Adams Cable Equipment in Lenexa was preparing to get to work at Inc. Robinson provided a photo and a video to FOX4 about what his colleagues think they were a “Cougar” or a mountain lion.
Johnson County, Kansas residents say they look like a mountain lion walking until July 30, 2025.
“At first I thought about Bobcat, because I heard they were in the area, Rob Robinson said. “But after showing the video and people. Some people said it was a puma that I rarely heard that they are probably here, but I wasn’t surprised.”
After examining the photo in the afternoon of Wednesday, Kansas told Fox4, a department of wildlife and parks, that he believed that the animal was a Bobcat based on the length of the tail.
“When I saw the tail and ears, I knew that there was no fox and I knew it was like a drained nose,” Robinson said. “A lot of cats were looking, and when I finally moved there, I was like a cat, it’s a big cat.”
According to Kansas Wildlife and Parks DepartmentMountain lions were once widespread throughout the country, including Kansas, but until the end of the 1800s, the mountain lion population decreased significantly due to a number of factors, including hunting and loss of habitat.
“I saw them in the zoo, but not wild, not at work, Rob Robinson said. “Such a big cat, I didn’t see anything like this here. ‘
Today, the landscapes of the mountain lion are rare. The episode says the first Mountain Lion, which was confirmed in the Modern Times, was recorded in Barber County in 2007. Since then, many of these reports have been confirmed by more than 100 landscapes. only documented in the last two yearsThe sister station KSNT said at the beginning of this week. On the department website, the chance of encountering a mountain lion in the state says, “Extremely low.”
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