Come years ago, a cougar (puma, mountain lion) was spotted in Discovery Park, in the northwest part of Seattle. How it got there was anybody's guess, but a railroad track ran past the park, and speculation had it that it had ridden in on top of a boxcar or something and leaped off as the train (moving relatively slowly) passed through the west side of the park.

Bad! Lots of people have picnics in the park, or go strolling, walking the dog, and/or berry-picking.

Animal control went out the park, found the animal, and nailed it with a tranquilizer dart. The Woodland Park Zoo already had a couple of cougars, so the animal control folks took it up into the north Cascade mountains (its natural habitat) and turned it loose.

Fair enough.

Don Firth