#‘Large apex predator’ on the loose turns out to be stuffed toy

The “predator” that turned out to be a stuffed animal.
Horsham Police via Twitter

Police in Steyning, West Sussex, England, were on high alert this week after receiving reports of a “large apex predator” on the loose.

But instead of a wild cat, police found a large, stuffed jaguar lounging on a park bench.

“Reports of a large apex predator in the Steyning area turned out to be true. It may be a stuffed toy, but the attending officers didn’t necessarily know that at first,” The police department noted on Twitter.