As we've pointed out many times over the years, the Oklahoma media has a weird, semi-unhealthy obsession with mountain lions.
Even though sightings of the wild beasts aren't that uncommon, and Oklahoma wildlife officials acknowledge that some wayward cougars make their way through the state, whenever one shows up on trail cam footage or crosses a road in Beaver, it becomes an all-hands-on-deck news event, with reporters, producers and social media bandits all purring after photos and video footage to delight viewer clicks and eyeballs.
In fact, the obsession with mountain lions has become so severe that people can now provide footage of an animal that's not technically a mountain lion and still get the station to come out and file a report on a mountain lion sighting.
Well, kind of...
Check out this amazing KFOR news report from Brent "Cougar Slayer" Skarky.