The investigation found an African lion that had been dumped at the side of the road by a circus after it died.
Quite a few years back, early 80's I think, a friend and I followed a neighbor while he moved his tractor and dirt pan to another job, then picked him up a brought him home. On the way back, an animal ran across the road less than 100 yds. from us. We all hesitated to say, but thought we saw the same thing. It looked like a hyena to all three of us. An old man and woman that lived near there said that one of their sons killed a deer like creature near this same spot, that they were not sure what it was. This is within 2 miles of where I live and I have seen nothing else out of the ordinary, but hear stories of a lion like creature from time to time. Mountain lion or other cat, I do not know. I figure a carnival/circus lost some animals and did not report it, but that is a guess. miles
