Personally, the worst thing I've ever spotted on a neighbor's roof is Christmas lights in the middle of July. But I think it's safe to say this story really puts that "horror" of a sighting into perspective.
An Oregon woman was recently treated to the shock of a lifetime when she spotted what appeared to be a wild cougar lounging on her neighbor's garage roof for a little midday lie-down, LADBible reported.
Of course, things aren't always quite what they seem.
"I saw it staring right at me," she told KMTR. "He or she looked mad."
Well of course. Wouldn't you be? Clearly this cougar has found its way up onto a roof expecting a relaxing perch and instead found itself having to deal with neighbors. Ugh.
"It stayed on the roof and watched me for a minute," she said. I'm not afraid personally, just alarmed."
I think my reaction would be something more akin to fleeing for my life, maybe throwing in a few ill-advised screams here and there, but simply feeling "alarmed" works too, I guess.
Of course, their fear was justified. Oregon is home to an estimated 6,600 cougars.
Sifford's neighbor, John Forrest who also happens to be homeowner of that garage the "cougar" took a little lie-down atop of, actually laughed when he heard the story.
"It's my resin lion," Forrest admitted. "We thought it was kind of cool so we mounted it on the roof."
As it turns out, the lion was actually a marketing gimmick to promote Treasures Trondhjem, an antique business he runs out of his garage.
"One lady was screaming at me not to come out of the garage because there is a cougar on the roof," Forrest said.
