Bobcat in Motley Linda Jasmer, Motley, recently snapped this picture of a bobcat sitting near her kitchen window. The bobcat was trying to get to Linda's rabbits, which are kept in a cage outside of her house. (Submitted photo) "I moved to town to be safe; and I don't think it's

working too well," laughed

Linda Jasmer of Motley. "Last winter I had a criminal

run through my yard and now this past Sunday, I had a bobcat trying to get into my kitchen window."

Linda lives on the east end of Birch Street in Motley; not a neighborhood where you'd expect to find wild animals.

She saw the bobcat before it saw her, Linda said.

"I had heard a lot of thumping noises coming from my rabbit cages, so I thought I'd check it out," she said.

The bunnies live in a cage located directly below Linda's kitchen window. They were definitely jumping around for a reason.

"That bobcat was trying to get some breakfast; and he was not going to leave until he did," Linda said.

She went outside to try and shoo the big cat away, Linda said. "But that wasn't such a good idea; because he came right at me."

Linda ran back inside to call the police. Her call was forwarded to the Morrison County Sheriff's Department, who told her to stay inside and wait for help.

"It was an hour and 15 minutes before they arrived; and that bobcat stayed close by the whole time," Linda said.

While she waited for the cops, Linda snapped a few pictures of the bobcat with the camera of her cellphone.

"I guess that wasn't a good idea either," Linda laughed. "He saw me and lunged at the screen of my window, ripping a hole in it with his big paw."

Later, Linda would see where the bobcat left paw prints on her wall.

"He had such a pretty face; I wanted to get a picture," Linda said.

When the sheriff's department arrived, they first tried to chase the bobcat away.

"He started jumping at them, too. He jumped at anything that moved," Linda said.

The sheriff's department soon determined that the bobcat was sick, Linda said. "He was pretty thin... there was definitely something wrong with him and they ended up having to put him down," Linda said.

Sadly, she lost one bunny

in the ordeal, Linda said. "The bobcat didn't get to it;

but I think it might have had a heart attack. It was pretty scared."