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Glencoe Cougar Sighting Probably Not Cougar

Another week, another large cat is reported around the North Shore. Still, no evidence of the animal was found.

Has a large cat resurfaced on the North Shore recently? Probably not, officials say.

A horticulturist who works for the Chicago Botanic Garden reported a possible  cougar running into a wooded area near Lake Cook Road, last week, the Chicago Tribune reported.

However, a search of the area provided lots of deer tracks but nothing that looked like cougar printsaccording to the Chicago Tribune.

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"We never want to say never, but at this point it appears unfounded," Glencoe's animal control officer, Katie Sweeney, told the Chicago Tribune in a later report. "We know there are quite a few coyotes in that area, and when it's dark, it can be easy to think you've seen a bigger animal."


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