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Daily Herald | Large cat sighting has North Chicago wondering whats out there

It was a routine Friday night for North Chicago police officer Steven Schilaita until he parked at the station and began writing a report.”I saw something large out of the corner of my eye walking toward my squad car. I was stunned,” he said.

Schilaita was one of several people that day to see what was described as a large cat, possibly a cougar. Another sighting Sunday morning has put the town on alert.

“All our staff who are out, weve sent information to them asking them to keep their eyes open,” Mayor Leon Rockingham Jr. said Monday.

“Our biggest concern is that the residents are aware and they be more cautious when theyre out and about.”

Schilaita described the animal as about 5 feet long and weighing more than 200 pounds, with brown fur, pointed ears and white around its face.

It was about 9:30 p.m. when the animal approached nonchalantly, and rubbed against the front of the squad car, according to Schilaita. By then, he was crouched behind the open drivers side door with a gun trained on what he described as “this monstrous thing right in front of me.”

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