https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hermYKHuArc
In 1998(?) a cougar was spotted in eastern MN. It was later spotted in western WI, along the Mississippi river. It was later spotted in south WI, near the IL border. The last reported sighting was in Chicago where it was killed. (I followed the sightings in the news and still believe it was the same cougar in each sighting.) At the 1:50 point in the video above you can see a cop walking down the sidewalk looking for the cougar and it walks right behind him without him noticing.
https://us1049quadcities.com/another-mountain-lion-sighting-reported-in-iowa/
...The DNR’s Clear Lake office receives an average of two to four reports of mountain lion sightings each week. Since 2010, there have been more than 2,000 reported sightings statewide...
...Mountain lions have no legal wildlife status in
Iowa. That means that they can be taken and
possessed by anyone at anytime as long as legal
methods and means are used to take the animal...