Couple Find Mountain Lion Hiding Under Their Home's Deck

"I really didn't believe it was a mountain lion. I thought maybe a bobcat," said the woman who discovered the big cat.

Wildlife officials in Colorado, USA, relocated a mountain lion that was discovered relaxing under the deck of a family's house in a Denver suburb. The big cat was found under a resident's deck in Englewood Thursday evening, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Wildlife officers were able to remove this mountain lion that was discovered by an Englewood resident lying underneath its deck Thursday evening.Story: https://t.co/1Qt9Pwukvbpic.twitter.com/DmXBf272yo The mountain lion was relocated out of town and into more appropriate habitat. Here is video of its release. pic.twitter.com/aIwlj9qDRV Lily Rutledge-Ellison told KDVR her pet cat was the first to stumble upon the mountain lion at their home in Englewood. "We were walking with him and he went under the deck and came jumping out with a really bushy tail," Ms Rutledge-Ellison said. In cats, a bushy tail often signals defensive aggression to other cats or agitation and fear - and in this case, the reason soon became apparent when Ms Rutledge-Ellison and her boyfriend checked under the deck. The couple looked underneath the deck to find the mountain lion staring back at them. "I was like in Englewood? No way. That's why I really didn't believe it was a mountain lion. I thought maybe a bobcat," said Ms Rutledge-Ellison.