About 10-12 years ago, a fellow "who had a few too many" called the Bell County TX Sheriff's Office to report that he had seen a tiger in his neighborhood.
Out of curiosity, a deputy responded, to find that the drunk had NOT seen a tiger. Instead, it was a "more or less tame" cheetah, that belonged to a couple in Copperas Cove & was loose & "out for an early morning stroll". (The county's animal control officers were called & the "pet" & owners were reunited after payment of a hefty fine.)
