LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. (WJZY) -- It's not something you see every day. Lincoln County first responders were called to an Alexis home about a bobcat being stuck in their Toyota Scion grill.

"It's very rare to get a bobcat call, let alone the bobcat still be on scene," said Carolina Wildlife Conservation Center Executive Director Morgan Rafael. She says bobcats are not only native to North Carolina, they're also native to that specific area.

"They're elusive," she added.

"Apparently he had jumped out of a tree, probably, he saw a prey item on the other side of the road, and the car was going about 50 miles per hour. And he was struck, and he probably rolled and ended up somehow getting up into the engine compartment, where he was trapped," Rafael said.

Rafael says the driver only noticed t

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