UPDATE: Three bobcats are roaming La Crescenta while authorities aim to push them out, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Gary Ogurek of the Crescenta Valley Station.
"We understand it’s been three," Ogurek said. "They were on Pineridge, in the backyard of a resident’s home. It’s the area of La Crescenta where it says the sign 'Warning mountain lions have been seen in the area.'"
"The [bobcats] have been up there since the people have been up there..., Ogurek said. "Just keep pets inside and don’t let children go outside. You just have to be cautious. They are a predator."
7:13 p.m. Tuesday: Officials are using a helicopter to scare away bobcats wandering a La Crescenta neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The call came in about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday near Pineridge Drive and Rosemont Avenue, said Deputy Rachel Whittendurg of the Crescenta Valley Station.
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I live by Duke Park. "WELL", she tells me, "I just went out back to put my feet in the pool to cool off and the ENTIRE shallow end of the pool deck is wet! I think there might have been an animal in my pool." She lives on Irving (past the top of Briggs, just West of Canyonside). I urged her to call PD, but according to her, the helicopters are no longer overhead & there are no officers out in her neighborhood.
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Pax. Big cats are beautiful, but dangerous... ====