A MOUNTAIN LION BEING TRACKED BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS BEEN SPOTTED IN SPRINGFIELD. 

NEBRASKA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO PUT A G-P-S COLLAR ON THE COUGAR LAST YEAR, AND MOST RECENTLY, IT’S BEEN ROAMING ILLINOIS. SO, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU ACTUALLY ENCOUNTER A MOUNTAIN LION? D-N-R WILDLIFE CHIEF MIKE WEEFER (wee-fer):

WEFER SAYS IF THE MOUNTAIN LION SEES YOU, STAND YOUR GROUND AND TRY TO APPEAR AS BIG AS POSSIBLE BY STANDING UP STRAIGHT AND PUTTING YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. SLOWLY BACK AWAY AND DON’T PLAY DEAD.

THE MOUNTAIN LION IS BEING TRACKED VIA A G-P-S COLLAR PLACED ON THE ANIMAL BY NEBRASKA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS LAST YEAR.