Watch Out For Cougars — And This Guy's Mom — In Ashland

ASHLAND, OR — An unidentified student at Southern Oregon University had the campus (and much of the state's) student body chuckling this past weekend.

Following an email sent to the entire school warning students, faculty, and staff of cougar sitings in Ashland and near the campus, one brave SOU student responded by replying all: "That's just my mom."

The response immediately drew laughs across Twitter as SOU students — and even some parents — began chiming in:

Twitter users around the world even got to enjoy some good ol' Southern Oregon humor, as illustrated by this tweet from France:

Apparently cougar jokes are universal.

However, though it does have a sense of humor itself, SOU still hopes students take the warning seriously.

"It's not terribly unusual to see cougars around Ashland," SOU spokesman Joe Mosly told Patch Monday. "One was recently seen about 10 blocks from campus and another one was spotted closer to downtown."

Typically looking for deer (as oppose to young men), cougars and even bears have been known to occasionally venture into Ashland, which sits on the edge of the Klamath and Rogue River-Siskiyou national forests, just more than 18 miles from the Oregon-California border.

Mosly was quick to say there is no history of cougar attacks on the SOU campus, however. Though he advised students to remain aware of their surroundings.

Included with the email was a link to tips and best practices for handling wildlife in an urban area.

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