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'Shadow Of An Animal' Sneaks Into Woman's Bedroom And Snatches Dog

A California woman was woken up at 3 a.m. to see an animal that authorities suspect was a mountain lion making off with her Portuguese Podengo through her bedroom's open French doors.
A mountain lion — not this one — is suspected of making off with a 15-pound Portuguese Podengo in the middle of the night in Pescadero, Calif.

It's the stuff of nightmares.

A woman in Pescadero, Calif., said she was sleeping with her child and her dog when she awoke around 3 a.m. on Monday to

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