Possible Lion On The Loose In Milwaukee!

Milwaukee police say they are treating these reports regarding a possible lion in Milwaukee as “credible.” Video surfaced Tuesday showing what appears to be a big cat sauntering through a neighborhood. The woman who shot the video planned to grill out on Tuesday evening — but with a baseball bat nearby — just in case. Police and wildlife officials are trying to determine what it is that the woman caught on camera. Kelly Brooks says a strange footprint appeared in his yard on Monday. Even stranger — the call he got from his neighbor. “I got the call from the neighbor saying ‘hey Kelly, don’t go in your backyard. It’s a big animal back there and it looks like a lion,” Brooks said. Brooks admits that at first, he didn’t believe it. Then he saw the video his neighbor shot. “I’m like that’s a lion, lion! Not like a play lion — like a lion, lion,” Brooks said. This all began on Monday night, when police took a report from an individual who saw what they believed to be a lion near E. Garfield Avenue and Palmer Street. Police took a second report on Tuesday — a sighting near 37th and Sarnow. “We’re treating it seriously,” Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said. Kisha Norman says neighbors told her a large cat ran up a tree. Milwaukee police officers and DNR wardens were out in that area and did a grid search for about two hours. But they found nothing. The search Monday night near Garfield and Palmer also turned up nothing.

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