A llama has been running wild and occasionally scaring horses near Mahoney Park in the Bobcat Ridge Natural Area northwest of Loveland for about three months.

Hikers observed a light brown llama with black spots in the natural area Tuesday, and Fort Collins Natural Areas officials took to social media in hopes of spreading the llama’s location far enough to alert its owner to its whereabouts.

Dave Irwin, a ranger with the Fort Collins Natural Areas Department, said he and his colleagues have known the llama has been inhabiting Bobcat Ridge for several months, and attempts to bring the camelid into human care as well as finding its owner have been unsuccessful.

The llama has approached people several times, and behaved aggressively, too, Irwin said.

While some humans have been surprised by the llama, horseback riders in the area have reported the llama has even frightened their horses, despite the obvious size advantage horses have over the stray llama.

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