@idoubtit When I worked for a state wildlife agency, the receptionist would tell me about the "there's a weird/scary animal in my yard" calls she would get. So many "black panthers" that were just large dogs. But my favorite was the "pterodactyl". It was a heron.
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@cavedueller @idoubtit In my area there were reports of people spotting a "mountain lion" (which lived here historically but whose modern range doesn't get close). It turned out to be a stray Bengal cat. ...which is funny, because a bobcat would seem like a more likely thing for which to mistake a Bengal and plausible in this area.
