Deer are a main food source for cougars, which are a protected species in California. It was early in the morning, about 7 o'clock, and I saw the silhouette of a cat as it was moving up the ridgeline. I looked at it and instantly knew that it was something I'd never seen before. So I ran inside and got my wife and daughter up and dragged them to the window so they could confirm it. I gave the binoculars to my wife and it was she that first called out and said, 'That's not a mountain lion.
Mountain lions are kind of a gold color.
He ran and got his video camera, but said he was only able to shoot about four seconds before the camera's battery went dead. He alerted his neighbors, two of whom also have told him that they have seen the animal, one just about a month ago. It's some kind of cat. It's got that flat face. Fitzhugh said Woodson's videotape appeared to have been enhanced to make the cat easier to see.