I would say it's more than a house cat, although it's a little hard to get a sense of size.

We have mountain lions here, but the Game Commission insists they do not exist. I saw one myself once during the day, and my son saw one run across the road in front of his truck at night. When I was a newspaper reporter I took many reports over the phone. Still, they're not officially here.

Does "appear" to be large, but nothing you can really use to give perspective?? It does "look" like it could be puma/mountain lion... whatever correct term would be. That "box"... if the size of something similar that sits between my yard and neighbor's... I'd say house cat, though definitely a "healthy" specimen. If you watch a house cat, they all move like that... even my 6 lb tabby could look like a tiger?!?

Several years ago (probably 15 years or so) there was a tiger on the loose in Jackson, NJ. Two possible sources other than highly unlikely escaped "house pet" were Six Flags - Great Adventure and a lady who ran a tiger rescue... both close by. I don't think it was ever determined who was responsible, but the animal had to be killed because the state troopers ere not able to hit it with tranquilizer darts... bad aim??

My 4 year old grandson just said, "he must have a large litter box"

Sorry, I was laughing about his comment when I posted earlier.

Could be a mountain lion. Several years ago, people reported sightings in CT and officials kept denying it until it was killed. Turns out to have wandered this way, over 1,000 miles out of the Dakotas. See story here.

That's no house cat, it looks like a mountain lion that has wandered into your area. It is not uncommon for them to do so as they are looking for a meal or two.

If you have pets, keep them inside please.

We are a little north of Boston and have bobcats in the suburban neighborhoods.... They are much swarthier than an average house cat

It appears to be very large well-fed domestic cat, not lean as a wild mountain lion would be. Savannah cats, bob cats, and other wild breeds are popular exotics, so it could be someone's pet mix.

We were in your neighborhood visiting the zoo a few weeks ago. :)

With something for better for a perspective it is hard to tell, but Mainecoons can be very large. I had one that weighted 25 pounds and stood over 19 inches at the whither. What is called "red" is a popular color.

Hard to tell, but I thought mt lion if it is a wild cat. It could be very large house cat. The record is 46+ lbs for a house cat. That would be a very big cat.

The gait and way it walks hints to me that it's a Mountain Lion. Be sure to keep your smaller animals inside while it's around.

Where I live (a rural pocket in the middle of a huge metro area) we have bobcats and coyotes in addition to a variety of raptor birds and buzzards. Several feral and pet cats have gone missing. On the plus side we don't have to worry about mice or rats. My kids and dh want a puppy so I told them I was only willing to get one if it's not snack size when mature.

Bobcat. I'm going by color, gait and tail; can't see face and ears.

Are you sure it wasn't my 25-pound cat Henry. Wait , he's sitting right here...lol

It could be a domestic cat but is hard to tell from that clip. Some kitties can get very very large. Male ferals grow larger than usual too. He does look well fed whoever it is.

Not a bobcat, nothing matches. I'm inclined to think that it's a house cat but it's so hard to tell from that video.

I don' think it is a Bobcat because it has a long tail. Here is one we have seen on our land for several years. No tail and it is brownish gray.

Wow, perfect camouflage in that basket. ;)

I'm sticking with big house cat.

Not a bobcat, ours at least have only 1/3 that much tail and while the coloring is blurry, it doesn't look right.

It doesn't look large enough by that utility box to be cougar I don't think, I watched a video of a newscaster standing next to the box and the box height appeared to be just above his waist, not as tall as his chest. My feeling is its a mature animal, not a yearling not fully grown.

I wish the photos were more clear, but it may just be an oversized domestic cat. There are hybrids available to buy too, but they are so expensive you'd think there would be missing pet signs/notices if someone lost one ;0)

It's hard to tell the scale - is it cat sized or larger? < 12 inches tall or > 36?

If that box goes to a man's waist, then it appears that cat would come below his knees, not big enough for a cougar. But it definitely LOOKS like a cougar, as house cats can, moving and behaving the same way.

House cat. Much too small in relationship to boxes and bushes to be a mountain lion.

I think he's somebody's kitty.

Orange tabby.....

klseiverd, you must not live far from me. I remember the incident, each claiming that it wasn't their tiger. Then the township closed down the tiger lady.

In my township, we had reports of a mountain lion loose several years ago.. We even had police, helicopters and the major tv stations right outside my house looking for said mountain lion. I live east of route 9; last reports had the mountain lion west of route 9….we still can't figure out how he crossed that road.

It has the appearance of a mountain lion, however, I can't determine its size. If small, is a well fed house cat.

That type of electrical box is usually 3 to 4 feet tall in my experience. So that would make the pictured animal be 12 to 18 inches tall, so anything from a normal house cat to an above normal sized house cat. Probably not even as big as some of the pets pictured above.

Juvenile mountain lion?

I'm leaning toward a very large domestic kitty cat.

i wanted to add that the Missouri Dept of Conservation maintained for many years that there were no mountain lions in north Missouri, even though DH and I both saw one on our acreage. After a couple have been hit and killed by motorists, the Conservation Department has grudgingly agreed that maybe there are, in fact, some mountain lions here. Ha!

1. Powell Police ‏@PowellPolice 2h2 hours ago

   The large cat may be 20 lbs. and 2 ½ ft in length and is still missing from a nearby resident's home from June.

   City of Powell, Ohio Retweeted

2. Powell Police ‏@PowellPolice 2h2 hours ago

   Update – ODNR has determined the animal in the video may fit the description of a missing 20-pound Tabitha cat

My guess would have been a very large well fed orange tabby long hair kitty. The picture of the man with the black and white cat is a fake it's a photo shop I remember when it came out several years ago.