LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A La Verne, California, man got quite the surprise on Saturday when he spotted something out of the corner of his eye, and soon realized it was a mountain lion wandering around inside his mother’s house.

It was 1 p.m. exactly, Jeff Tenney said, when home security footage captured the moment the big cat trotted straight through the open front door of the home.

Jeff said he was standing in the kitchen when he noticed something in the dining room.

“Right away, I knew it was a mountain lion,” Jeff told Nexstar's KTLA. He said his immediate concern went to the safety of his dog, which was napping in the front yard at the time.

“As I headed toward the front door, the cat spotted me, panicked and bolted out the back screen and splashed right into the pool,” Jeff said. “Th

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