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Mountain lion seen roaming in Hayward
A mountain lion was recorded prowling on the sidewalk outside of a Hayward home. The surveillance footage was sent to KTVU by a resident who lives near the San Lorenzo Creek.
HAYWARD, Calif. - A mountain lion was recorded walking on the sidewalk in a Hayward neighborhood early Friday morning.
In the surveillance footage sent to KTVU, the big cat was strolling in a residential area near the San Lorenzo Creek around 1 a.m. Friday.
Terence Chin, who sent the recording, said it was his "first time seeing a mountain lion prowling through this neighborhood after living here for 24 years,
"Seen all kinds of wildlife from deer, turkey, skunks, coyotes, raccoons and opossums...first time for a cougar," wrote Chin in an email to KTVU.
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Other Bay Area neighborhoods have also captured mountain lions on surveillance cameras in recent months. A deadly fight between two mountain lions was caught on a doorbell camera in Belmont in January.