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Fake. not really a fake. it's just not breathing anymore. >> it was a real cat, dead taxidermy cat. >> reporter: stuffed. for the past s 20 years, according to the owner. he didn't want to go on camera but admits to lending the lion to friends as part of a prank. >> as a joke, we thought put it in the neighbor's yard and scare the neighbor's wife. well, before the neighbor could come home -- >> reporter: that would be branham -- >> the neighbor called the police, next thing you know we have animal control and police here. >> reporter: as well as one annoyed neighbor. >> the joke was on me. >> ...

>> reporter: laguna beach, a quaint little burg nestled between the pacific and the san joaquin hills. hills home to more than just people. >> recently we notified residents in the south laguna area we had a bobcat coming down, snatching domesticated cats. >> reporter: that's why beverly branham's heart started pounding when she glanced in the neighbor's yard and saw this. >> a huge mountain lion sleeping on may neighbor -- my neighbor's patio table. >> reporter: she didn't have the phone number and with the potentially hungry cat on the prowl she dialed 911. what appeared to be a giant mounta...

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