A woman posted she saw a young cougar very close to her in Novi this week, at West Road and West Park.

The Michigan DNR encourages reporting such sightings, even when they don't have photographic or video evidence. But they added that there's little to no evidence of cougars in the Lower Peninsula.

Cougars aren't thought to live in the Lower Peninsula; certainly not around Novi.

But a woman posted to Facebook that she saw one recently in that Oakland County city, and she's pretty sure of it.

Jennifer Hoover posted the following to the City of Novi Community Forum Facebook page : "I work in Novi and I took my lunch around 2pm. I was at West Rd and West Park and a cougar literally walked in front me on the other side of the street! I reported it to the DNR. There is a large wetland are

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