Police Alerted After Lion Sightings In Spanish Town – Find Out It’s Actually A Dog

Policia Local Molina de Segura / Twitter

Back in 2018, Morgan Saxton, a reporter for a local Utah news station was reporting live when a mystery animal walked right into her shot. She kept her cool, but she legitimately did not know what kind of animal it was.

At first she thought it was a dog, but then she suspected it could be a mountain lion. Many viewers wrote in thinking it was also a mountain lion!

https://www.facebook.com/MorganSaxtonTV/photos/a.1624567674458249/2199859020262442/?type=3

The mystery was solved, with the inspection of the paw print, as well as the owner coming forward saying it was his dog.

https://www.facebook.com/MorganSaxtonTV/posts/2200063540241990

This isn’t the first time an animal has been mistaken for a different species. In September 2019, a woman in Mexico thought she picked up a hurt dog on the side of the road, but turns out it was actually a coyote!

https://twitter.com/Athie_Alejandro/status/1177406492980502528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1177962536634867717&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcountryrebel.com%2Fwoman-in-mexico-finds-out-the-dog-she-rescued-is-actually-a-coyote%2F

Now, an entire town in Spain is being added to this list of people who have misidentified an animal. The Molina de Segura Police had to issue a statement on Twitter on March 7 because they were receiving several calls about a lion roaming the streets of their town.

After a little investigation, the police did respond, investigate, and they concluded that the animal was in fact a dog.

The dog’s fur was shaved in a way that it did look like it had a lion’s tail and mane, but the police also posted a photo of the animal from head on, and it is clearly a dog!

Better to be safe than sorry!