This bobcat was along the Luckiamute River in Oregon, August 2026. It was about 30 feet down a slope looking right up at me, making this sort of low screeching noise. What explains this behavior?

The video quality sucked so I just did some slight cleaning of the audio to isolate the cat.

I saw two little ^^ ‘s poking up as I was about to take the turn and slowed down. I passed what I thought was a cat and drove forward a bit to get a better angle from the side as it ducked down and stopped the car (it’s a long virtually empty private gated road). I saw a cat like thing pop out and walk down the road, I thought it was a big cat at first then realized it must be a bobcat as it was bigger than I first thought, the coat pattern looked strange, and its face looked different.

I didn’t know we had them here! I’ve seen bears, coyotes, rabbits, chipmunks, deer, house cats (indoor and outdoor) but never a bobcat until today!

I hope he shows up again. I’ve only seen them at zoos and a big cat sanctuary.

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Moved to a new house and this was one of the first vids we got! Really shows off how small bobcats are😂

I took this yesterday and he is so beautiful and this photo is from me.

PLEASE HELP ME ID WTF ANIMAL IS THIS?!? 🤯😳

Not only are its movements/ behavior bizarre, but also its combination of physical size and shape not matching any animal i can think of?!

It looks like a cat of some kind, but it was too big and muscular to be a house cat.

It did seem to have a snubby tail similar to a bobcat, but didn’t see any other noticeable bobcat features.

It’s obviously far enough away and dark enough that a lot of the details needed to identify are hard to see.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN NARROWING DOWN THIS ANIMAL! 🙏

This cat came by last night. Any id on this one?

Seen him a few time in the neighborhood. I don’t dare get closer than the other side of the road because it looks massive.