Bobcat Traps Family Inside Their Bathroom

LONG VALLEY, NJ — A bobcat sneaked into a Long Valley home Wednesday evening, trapping a mother and her two young children inside of a bathroom, Washington Township police said in a statement.

The bobcat entered the East Mill Road home before 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The mother and her children locked themselves inside a bathroom after spotting the animal near the back door, police said.

When officers arrived, they found the bobcat sitting in the first-floor living room. Police opened the doors and the kitchen window, and after an hour the bobcat jumped through the kitchen window and ran away into the woods.

The bobcat did not look sick and/or rabid, police said, and did not cause any injuries or damage. The Washington Township Health Department and the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife were both notified.

Images: Washington Township Police

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