An elderly Kirkland woman is sharing her story about how a bobcat ended up inside her home in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n
It happened last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard this noise coming down the stairs, and then something bumped up against my bedroom door,\u201d said 93-year-old Tina.<\/p>\n
At the time, she had no idea what was going on.<\/p>\n
\u201cI called 911 because I thought maybe somebody was in my house,\u201d Tina said. \u201cI was scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
While she waited for police, Tina says the bobcat was after her cat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were just tearing the place apart up there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived, discovered the bobcat, and used a small drone designed for tight spaces to keep an eye on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey flew it inside the house. They were able to locate where the bobcat was and then secure the bobcat into a room where we could have Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife come out to see,\u201d said Officer Tiffany Trombley with Kirkland PD.<\/p>\n
The bobcat was sedated, then released unharmed near Forbes Creek.<\/p>\n
Tina says the bobcat got into her house by chasing her cat up a tree and through an upstairs window.<\/p>\n
She adds that one other thing kept her safe: closing her bedroom door.<\/p>\n
\u201cNever close the door \u2013 that night I did,\u201d said Tina. \u201cHow I truly believe in guardian angels, because those two could have come in my bedroom while I\u2019m in bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, she\u2019s got a sense of humor about the whole ordeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to put a sign up saying \u2018no bobcats allowed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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