A quiet Belmont neighborhood got a jarring reminder that the wild is still very much next door when a mountain lion was caught on video killing a deer today. The clip, recorded on a homeowner’s camera, shows the big cat with the carcass in a residential area and has been making the rounds among neighbors, reinforcing that deer and other wildlife still slip through Peninsula neighborhoods at night and at dawn.
Local paper shares the caught-on-camera kill
As reported by the San Mateo Daily Journal, the outlet posted the clip Saturday showing a mountain lion killing a deer in Belmont. The short video appears to have been recorded on a residential camera and has sparked local conversation about how close large predators can get to homes. According to the…..