More mountain lions reported

A LaFayette school teacher told police he saw two large mountain lions off the city’s fourlane bypass.

According to police reports, high school teacher Cody Lee said he spotted the mountain lions near in the intersection of Warthen Street, Round Pond Road and the bypass (U.S. Highway 27 Business) about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26.

Lee said he was stopped at the red light on Round Pond Road when he saw them emerge from the woods and cross Warthen Street to another patch of woods from Oak Park subdivision toward North LaFayette Elementary. At this point, he said, he recognized they were mountain lions because they had long thick tails that arched upward. He said the animals then crossed Warthen and reentered the woods, heading north.

Police searched the area and plan to place trail cameras in the area.

Since the news broke about a mountain lion sighting in the Dogwood Circle subdivision, several residents have contacted the Messenger reporting seeing mountain lions recently and in the past.

Lee said he was taking food to his mother when this incident occurred.

Lee said he called animal control, which took the call very seriously.

He said the situation was frightening as the two animals were heading toward the playground where his

daughter goes to school.

The sighting lasted 3-4 seconds, he said.

“They were moving pretty good, right into the woods,” he said.

Lee said he initially thought the animals were deer, then maybe two dogs, but they were rather large with long thick tails.

Lee said it happened so fast, he did not have time to reach for his phone to take a picture and he probably would not have thought to call animal control about the situation if he had not been seeing he reports of mountain lions in the area.