People in the Boston suburb of Winchester are a bit on edge after footprints embedded in the snow resemble those of a mountain lion. Oddly while wildlife experts say mountain lions in the New England region are a possibility, state officials are pumping the breaks, not quite ready to definitely say mountain lions (a.k.a cougars, pumas, panthers, painters, mountain cats and catamounts) are roaming about.

Take a look at the below map courtesy of National Geographic. Turns out, sightings in our neck of the woods have happened plenty of times in the past.

According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts Environmental police “viewed the tracks and said they strongly resembled that of a mountain lion, according to Winchester Police Chief Ken Albertelli.”

But, on the flip side, the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said the prints belong to they belonged to a canine, not a feline.

Interestingly, when Albertelli sent photos of the prints to Connecticut-based cougar research organization Cougars of the Valley, the experts all weighed in and said unanimously they’re from…

*drum roll please

… a mountain lion. Or, at least, the prints consistently resemble mountain lion prints.

“We are all in agreement that these were large feline tracks, consistent with a mountain lion,” said Ray Weber, an expert at Cougars of the Valley, to the Globe. “We’re not sure how [state wildlife officials] determined that it was a canine, but there are specific things you’ll see in a good dog track that just weren’t there in these prints.”

So if you’re wandering through the woods of Winchester be sure to keep your head on a swivel. If you see something that appears to be an unleashed dog or a sizable cat, do yourself a favor and turn around and turn on the jets.