{"id":233118,"date":"2025-10-18T04:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/233118\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:53:09","slug":"big-cat-spotted-in-inver-grove-heights-but-a-positive-id-on-the-feline-has-not-been-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/233118\/","title":{"rendered":"Big cat spotted in Inver Grove Heights, but a positive ID on the feline has not been made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big cat was spotted in the south metro, though what exactly was captured on video is still up for debate.<\/p>\n<p>The video, shared by Dakota County Commissioner Joe Atkins, said the feline was spotted on a Ring video camera near 70th and Cahill in Inver Grove Heights, calling it a \u201ccougar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Big-Cat-Spotted-in-Inver-Grove-Heights-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3776318\"  \/>Courtesy: Ring<\/p>\n<p>However, others online have argued the feline on camera is not a cougar but instead a bobcat. <\/p>\n<p>According to Atkins, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has said there isn\u2019t enough evidence at this time to make a positive ID on the big cat.<\/p>\n<p>Until a clearer photo or solid track evidence is found, the animal will remain officially unidentified. <\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the video (below) and let us know what you think. Is this a cougar, bobcat or another big cat?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/animals\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Animals<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/inver-grove-heights\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inver Grove Heights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A big cat was spotted in the south metro, though what exactly was captured on video is still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1147,129632,79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-233118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-inver-grove-heights","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}