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Larry Williams, a route supervisor with Allied Waste Services, was one of the first to view the surveillance video. He said he is convinced it is a cougar or some other large cat, and not a house cat. He found large paw prints near the business on Wednesday that he said reinforces his belief. Other workers had previously told him about the tracks.
“The raccoons are real thick around here,” Williams said. “There’s plenty for them to eat. There’s deer and turkey, too.” Williams said by watching the video, it appears to him that the cat weighs close to 120 pounds. Other reports On May 19, Cpl. Donn Hall, of the Newton County Sheriff’s Department, shot and killed what later was determined to be a black leopard that had been pawing at a storm door at a home at 9555 Orchid Drive, southwest of Neosho. Hall said he shot the cat as it charged him on two occasions. The deputy took the dead animal to a taxidermist. The Missouri Department of Conservation news release at the time said the cat had been declawed, indicating it was a captive animal that had escaped, possibly during the May 10 tornado. Carl Francis, Webb City, Mo., police chief, said police received two phone calls about a month ago from residents who reported seeing a large cat, but no proof of the animal was found. Paw prints Galena police Chief Larry Delmont said Wednesday that the paw prints found by Allied Waste Services worker Larry Williams measure three to four inches long. He said the prints can’t be definitively linked to the cat on the surveillance video, but he hopes the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks can make a determination from a combination of the two sources. 
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