A trail camera captured footage of a mountain lion prowling in the tall grasses close to one Santee resident’s home early Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Video obtained from Santee resident Paul Burke shows the lanky feline in the darkness, its eye reflecting white in the camera, looking down a hill for a few seconds before walking slowly and low to the ground right past the camera’s vision. The time stamp on the video shows the encounter occurred at 4:12 a.m. <\/p>\n
Burke told NBC 7 he installed the trail cameras only a few weeks prior on his property, which faces the West Sycamore Canyon, expecting to get coyotes, raccoons and birds, which his cameras have also captured. <\/p>\n
However, he didn’t expect to capture a mountain lion. <\/p>\n
“I love the wildlife but am a little concerned since I have two small dogs. The coyotes I am not worried about, but the mountain lions do give me pause,” Burke said. <\/p>\n
Not far from the West Sycamore Canyon lies the Mission Trails Open Space, a scenic open space spanning thousands of acres of natural San Diego landscape. <\/p>\n
In November 2025, a family living in Oceanside were surprised to see their doorbell-camera video captured a mountain lion family visiting their porch<\/a>. <\/p>\n