A tiger has been spotted on the loose in Knoxville Tennessee. A Knox county sheriff’s deputy spotted the cat Wednesday night.
Andy Wilson was working a side job at a business in an industrial park when he reported seeing a large cat rise out of the French Broad River, cross the street and disappear into a dense wooded area.
The KCSO has issued a BOLO for the cat.
Matthew Cameron of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said officials have not confirmed the tiger sightings, and if there is a tiger, they’re not sure where it came from. All the tigers at Zoo Knoxville are accounted for, according to zoo spokeswoman Tina Rolen. Mary Lynn Parker of Tiger Haven said all they have all their tigers, too.