BELMONT, Calif. - Residents of Belmont woke up to a frightening scene in their front yard early Wednesday morning, a deadly fight playing out between two mountain lions.
Belmont police say the fight, which was caught on a doorbell camera, ended with one mountain lion killing the other.It happened around 2 a.m.
along Hastings Drive. The camera picked up a series of growls and roars during the fight, before one mountain lion dragged its kill across the street to a neighbor's doorstep."Makes me nervous, very nervous," said neighbor Lisa Weidanz. "A mountain lion, dragging another mountain lion.
Oh my goodness.""Just keep your head on a swivel," said Kevin Stanford who is part of the area’s neighborhood watch. "I’m hoping I don’t find it, but if I do, our PD is really good and they would respond super-duper fast."Belmont Police urged caution on Wednesday, but not everyone in the neighborhood was unnerved by the brawl."It’s pretty cool actually.