A mountain lion that frequents residential areas in the Griffith Park-Silver Lake-Hollywood area is apparently growing more aggressive.
Television station KTLA reported Friday that a man walking his dog in the Hollywood Hills saw one of his animals attacked by what is likely P-22, the mountain lion who has become something of a celebrity thanks to his presence in the city.
The man was walking the dogs in the early evening hours when the incident happened. The mountain lion was captured on security footage emerging from the bushes and onto a residential street near the Hollywood Reservoir at Creston and Durand Drives.
The mountain lion spotted the dogs, then pounced on a small Chihuahua named Piper. “I felt the tug and I heard Piper squeal,” the man said of the leashed dog. “I turn around and I just saw a face.
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