BOSTON (WHDH) - Police are issuing a wildlife warning after a bobcat was spotted wandering around a West Roxbury park Tuesday.
Mary Ellen McMahon and her dog Jax were walking through Millenium Park when they came face-to-face with the bobcat near a brook. She said the creature stood perfectly still giving her plenty of time to snap a few photos of the wild encounter.
“It wouldn’t stop staring at us so, I let him win the staring contest and walked away,” she said.
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife confirmed the sighting calling it both, “special” and “unusual.”
They say it is a sign that bobcats are thriving in the state.
While the animal is not a danger to humans, they can be harmful to small pets.
In this case, the bobcat never made a move towards Jax. It just disappeared back into the park.
“You know what? I really don’t think they want to interact with humans,” McMahon said.
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