A Chilliwack woman is calling a wildlife encounter between a bobcat and a cougar a 害羞草研究所渓ife-altering moment.害羞草研究所�

Tammy Jordan peered out her dining room window from her east Chilliwack home to see a large animal moving around at the top of a cedar tree on Friday, Feb. 16.

害羞草研究所�(It was) so large that I made everyone look to try to figure what it was,害羞草研究所� she stated in an email to The Chilliwack Progress.

She had to grab binoculars to confirm that it was in fact a bobcat, a few hundred feet in the air, at the very top of the evergreen. Crows that were circling above were 害羞草研究所渘ot happy害羞草研究所� and trying to get the cat to leave, she said.

After seeing the bobcat through the binoculars, she went out to her deck where she heard two cats growling.

害羞草研究所淭he very uncomfortable bobcat let out a terrible noise and out of the corner of the tree I see another cat, much large jump up swatting towards the bobcat.害羞草研究所�

It wasn害羞草研究所檛 until she snapped some photos and got a closer look at the images that she realized that the other cat was a cougar.

害羞草研究所淲hen I looked back at the photos I was taking, it was confirmed the cougar was attacking the bobcat, but the cougar was too heavy to get to the weak tip top,害羞草研究所� Jordan said. 害羞草研究所淭he cougar went up and down the tree in a flash.害羞草研究所�

The incident started around 4:30 p.m. and went on for more than an hour. Then, it was too dark to see anymore.

害羞草研究所淲hat an amazing and rare sight to see! We assumed the bobcat survived. It is unsettling to know there is a cougar in our neighbourhood, but we live on the side of a mountain with bears, deer, lynx and apparently cougars.害羞草研究所�

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