Submitted by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office

On Monday, Aug. 4, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office received two reports of a mountain lion sighting. The first call came in around 11:02 am with a caller advising that a lady who was running a loop and saw a cougar on a stump on the high side of White Point Road. The caller had not notified WDFW yet.

The second call came in around 7 p.m with the caller reporting that his wife was on a walk at the Roche Harbor Quarry with her dogs when her dogs started barking. She noted a mountain lion about 30 yards away on the upper trail and her dogs chased it away.

The SJCSO has notified a contact with WDFW who is notifying their problem animal officers about these sightings. If anyone else has a mountain lion sighting, please notify the SJCSO d

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