Listening to the news report again, it’s clear the “expert” who identified it was a cop. The only thing the PA Game Commission said was “this is an extremely rare sight to see,” which could simply be them responding to her saying “hey, I think I saw a bobcat.”
The reporter then goes on to ask everyone if they are “worried” about it. A house cat. The PA Game Commission also told her bobcats (which this was clearly not) are “elusive, shy, and avoid people.” And a quick check of bobcat history shows very few attacks on humans and zero times a human has been killed (not even small children), so even if this HAD been a bobcat - which, again, it was not - there was no concern.
But I expect reporters to be this ridiculous most of the time.
