Don Berger of the USFandW Service believes the cat is a leopard, possibly the same one from 1984. Berger also believes that someone illegally brought a pair of leopards into Michigan for breeding. Large numbers of reporters and vigilantes have invaded Fini's ranch. Fini claims that the animal is still in the vicinity, as his dogs and horses have been acting strange. Later in the afternoon, State Police spotted the tiger with a helicopter, but lost it in the thick woods of Wyoming County.
Authorities use a deer carcass to lure the cat, but to no avail.
Police contact the Bently Brothers Circus and Buk Young, whom collect large felines. However, Young and circus officials maintain that their cats were accounted for. Newton Township, Pennsylvania - Gary Steier, a school teacher, claimed that he and his family saw a large orange cat in high grass about 200 yards away from their porch. Steier reported that it was big, orange and long and lopping. Steier overheard an unusual conversation between them about who might own a tiger.