Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have announced that the agency successfully relocated a mountain lion that was spotted near a mountain town elementary school in recent days – but don’t get this confused with the mountain lion that was reportedly spotted in the Old Colorado City area of Colorado Springs.
According to the agency’s Southeast Region division, the mountain lion entered the Chaffee County town of Salida by crossing Highway 50 on Sunday. It was soon spotted near the local elementary school, which is located less than half a mile from popular downtown restaurants and bars.
Locals started watching the movement of the mountain lion, spotting it under a trailer across the street from the school next. It then ended up jumping a fence and landing in the yard of Jim Aragon, who happens to be a retired Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer…