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As we've seen already, animals seem to be pouring into the city streets as people retreat to their shelters amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. And while at first it was only deer, boars, horses, and sheep taking over the civilized world, now it seems like countless others have joined the cause all around the world. And this time, even dangerous predators like bears, mountain lions, and wild pumas are prowling in the streets.

We reached out to one man who witnessed a gator casually strolling in Myrtle Beach in broad daylight to get a first-hand report of the events. "When I first saw the gator, I didn’t think it was real. I thought somebody was playing a practical joke on me," Clifford Sosis told Bored Panda. "I like to take dangerous hikes in interesting places with my dog Daisy, hikes where I might be bitten by snakes and gators," the man explained and also added that recently, his expeditions have grown fewer and fewer since the birth of his son.

Clifford is a philosophy lecturer at Coastal Carolina University who runs a website featuring autobiographical interviews with philosophers.

"On the day I took the gator video, I went to Barefoot Landing because I was trying to avoid danger! Shortly after I took this video, I was watching the gator, and a security guard, the only other person in Barefoot Landing at the time, didn’t see it and almost ran into it," Sosis revealed. "When I told him to watch his step, he was shocked! He said he thought there were no longer gators in the area." The man also added that some people on the internet have reported seeing gators in the area as well. "I’ve been living in Myrtle Beach for 6 years and I’ve never seen a gator in Barefoot Landing. Definitely not in the parking lot!" Sosis concluded.

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Harold Hill In Romford, East London

Harold Hill In Romford, East London

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would do nothing but put out little plates of carrots apples and other fruits and admire them from the window

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Mountain Lions Roaming The Resident Area

Mountain Lions Roaming The Resident Area

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing un-usual seeing cougars in my neighbourhood ;)

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Cream Pie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would never ever again leave house if this would be my town.

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Haevyn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mountain lions and a baby bobcat! Interesting "pack" to be walkin together

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Eulalie Grace
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those are two adults - probably a mother and her older female kit - and coming up on the right is her young cougar. You can see his/her spots, and he/she has a tail, so not a bobcat Probably one of maybe three or four kits. And very awesome.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great way to get people to stay INDOORS. CDC and WHO need to consider this!

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chi-wei shen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they come into a city now they have to be lurking nearby on normal days, which is quite scary.

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Eulalie Grace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And up till now no one has seen much of them. Lived in Tucson AZ and was aware of four that shared a territory. We knew they were always around, but they never bothered anyone. I saw one very up close one night, and HE ran away from ME. Got his footprints as proof 😻 These cats will go back to being the "ghost cats" of legend when people come back out.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So great that they get to satisfy their curiousity. They are cats after all.

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Bozz Skaggs
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are these the mountain lions or the wild pumas mentioned in the article before the pics? Or maybe Puma Concolor or Tigger and friend in disguise.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why not? It's where they belong. And now that pesky humans are out of the way, they can come out and claim it.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought cougars spent most of their time in solitude? Interesting seeing three of them together

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Eulalie Grace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cougars are primarily solitary. What we see here is most likely the mother cat, maybe an older female cub - they do stay together at times, especially the females - and the mother's most recent addition. And it's possible that there's a few other kits off-camera. We had several cougars in our area in NW Tucson AZ. And though you might spot one and hear their cries at night, they are very adept at remaining out of sight.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's hope there's no trigger happy hunters also running around. Let normal control tranquilize them and relocate them if they become a concern.

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Sally Thomas
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have them roaming around my property as well. But, we live next to a National Forest, so it's a common thing here.

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Sel Bonda
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The granny lion "once upon a time this was our residentials"

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Pamela Scott
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are just able to move around in the daytime now. Probably moved around at night before so they were there you just didn't know it.

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A Photo Of A Coyote In San Francisco Taken With A Zoom Lens From Inside The Photographer's Car

A Photo Of A Coyote In San Francisco Taken With A Zoom Lens From Inside The Photographer's Car

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Lambs Seen Playing On Children's Playground Roundabout In Preston

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A Wild Puma Was Captured In The Streets Of Santiago, Chile On March 24, 2020

A Wild Puma Was Captured In The Streets Of Santiago, Chile On March 24, 2020

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why capture it? He/she is a great incentive to stay home.

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A Wild Deer, From A Herd Used To Be Fed By The Local Population, Roams In Sri Lanka

A Wild Deer, From A Herd Used To Be Fed By The Local Population, Roams In Sri Lanka

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Mountain Goats Spotted In The Welsh Town Of Llandudno

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Dozens Of Squirrels In A Santa Monica Park

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol since the celebrities are in lock down,tmz is now reporting on the wild life. I guess they still have to come up with click baites.

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Moose Running Loose In Utena, Lithuania

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Seal Rests By The Urumea River In Spain

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my mom was a kid (60's) they had a baby cachalot on the port as well

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Nilgai Running Around In The Streets Of Noida, India

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A Deer Was Spotted Running Around In Chandigarh, India

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Sasha Ross
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That civet is not well. It shouldnt be walking around during the day and its just too slow.

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A Bear Is Seen Walking Around In An Asturian Town In Full Quarantine

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Wild Turkeys Spotted In West Oakland, California

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wild turkeys are everywhere here when there are people around i have seen them on road medians when traffic is in full swing

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