A big roar rattled residents in Rochester and hit a bit too close to home.
A possible mountain lion sighting in the upstate New York city, prompted a shelter-in-place order this week, alarming local officials and sending worried residents into a panic.
Curtis Jones came face-to-face with the fearsome feline — which was last documented in New York state in 2011 — while walking down the street on Wednesday.
“And it said ‘rawr,’ and I just kept walking,” he told the ABC affiliate in Rochester.
“I seen it, seeing me, see it, so in my head I’m like, ‘Nah, I got to go man, I’m out’. … I’ve never seen nothing like that … only on movies.”
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said based on doorbell video and the measurements taken at the site, the animal does appear to possibly be a mountain lion.