A recent sighting of a large cat roaming Franklin, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, has rekindled interest in what many are calling the 'Milwaukee Lion.'

Franklin resident Cash Garfield says he spotted the beast after having just finished mowing his lawn.

"I thought it was a mountain lion or a cougar," said Garfield. "They've been known to be around here. It wasn't a bobcat, it was way too big."

"At first, I thought it was [my dog]," he explained. "Until I turned around and saw him behind me. I was nervous. I was nervous. I mean those things can leap."

Garfield spotted it again when he later came outside for a cigarette, but this time it was within 10 feet of his back door.

"That’s when I called the Franklin police," said Garfield.

An officer did come out and investigate, and Franklin police say that they've responded to a number of sightings similar to Garfield's.

Garfield's sighting is reminiscent of the sightings of 2015, which had people in Wisconsin speculating on what the mystery animal--which to date has not been captured or identified--could be. Two police officers and a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) warden saw the creature during the 2015 spate of sightings, and all agreed that it was a large cat of some sort--possibly a mountain lion or African lion.