Someone sent a blurry photo to the Stark County Sheriff's Office, but it wasn't much help, Graham said. Mountain lions, also known as cougars or pumas, are tawny colored, stand 2 to 2.5 feet tall at the shoulder, weigh 110 to 180 pounds, and have a thick tail 2 to 2.5 feet long, according to a Defenders of Wildlife fact sheet. "People call in if they see a big house cat or a dog that's a similar color" to a mountain lion, she said. Once word gets around that a predator could be on the loose, phantom calls tend to start pouring in, said Jamey Graham, spokeswoman for the Ohio Division of Wildlife. They seemed to indicate that the animal is moving east, toward the town of Louisville. "We don't believe it's a hoax, but right now none of our officers are seeing what (callers) are seeing," he said.Ĭalls continued to come in Tuesday. Stark County sheriff's deputies joined the search after sightings came in from outside the city, and an Ohio State Highway Patrol plane was employed, Kurzinsky said. The first panicky call about the big predator came in about 4:45 p.m. Police and wildlife officers in Canton, Ohio, were still looking Tuesday for a mountain lion reportedly seen roaming the area on Independence Day.
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