Really, you can’t blame Georgetown neighbors too much: at first glance, the creature looks like a large and fearsome predator.

No, there was probably not a mountain lion spotted in D.C., but it’s not entirely impossible.

A coyote sighting today in a residential neighborhood near Rock Creek Park got us thinking—what wild animals have roamed the streets of D.C.? Quite a few, it seems, including mountain lions, bears and the dreaded Loof Lirpa.

Photo by philliefan99 The ‘burbs of D.C. can be a harrowing place for the uninitiated. Things to fear: games of chicken with deer, falling trees, cougars on the hunt (the kind wearing leopard print skirts). So not too many eye brows were raised when several McLean Gardens residents spotted a large cat, supposedly a mountain lion, last week. Animal control officers have not confirmed the the species of the large cat, however all three…