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Oklahoma wildlife officials have confirmed a 30th report of a mountain lion spotted in the state since 2002.

According to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, the recent report started with an Adair County man.

The man told a neighbor on July 10 about seeing the animal, and the neighbor searched until finding tracks where the mountain lion had been spotted, said Jerrod Davis with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. After the neighbor sent photos of the tracks to a local game warden, who then visited the site, Wildlife Department officials verified the report and made a plaster cast of the tracks.

A couple who live near Hudson Lake in Mayes County, Ron and Krista Hamilton, captured photos of a mountain lion on their property last month and sent the photos to Game Warden Brek Henry, who said it was the 29th confirmed sighting in the state.

Davis told the Tulsa World that officials believe the Adair County sighting to be a different animal than was spotted near Hudson Lake.