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This week was a terrifying one for a high school in Scranton. The students of West Scranton High School were told to evacuate in the middle of the school day after officials thought they spotted a bobcat in the hallways. It turned out to be a false alarm because the supposed bobcat was actually just a house cat that had gone missing.   According to WNEP, even animal control officials thought it was a bobcat and even went as far as to notify the Game Commission. "It looks, I mean, identical. [It has] the colors of a bobcat; it's missing a tail," Game Warden Jon Bowman told WNEP-TV. "So just e...

The animal spotted in the cafeteria turned out to be a clouded jack cat—a breed that resembles the wild bobcat.

A missing pet cat that was mistakenly confused with a wild bobcat shut down a Pennsylvania high school. Pupils were sent home after the exotic-looking Clouded Jack cat was caught on security cameras roaming around inside West Scranton High School. Wildlife officials were called in and spent two hours searching for the animal before tracking it down and realising it was a domestic pet. “I don’t think anyone would have predicted this, of course,...

Mistaken for bobcat, missing cat prompts evacuation of West Scranton High School before reuniting with family

outside. there are some clouds out there, perhaps storm clouds. we'll find out about that in a little bit. this is friday, july 20, 2012. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm alison seymour. we continue though follow the breaking news out of a denver suburb. at least 14 people are dead, 50 others hurt after a gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of "the dark knight rises." >> this happened at the century 16 movie theaters in aurora, which is about 10 miles outside of denver. our own sherri ly is live in the newsroom with the latest on this still developing story. >> wit...