'What's up, bobcat?' L.A. County resident spots bobcat lurking in backyard

A La Cañada Flintridge man captured video of a California bobcat lurking around his backyard Thursday.

The resident, whose home is near NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, told KTLA that he wondered why the family’s dog, a vigilant miniature Australian shepherd named Oreo, had spent the last hour inside the house barking at the backyard.

Ever since a too-close-for-comfort call with a coyote in their backyard years ago, Oreo is never left in the backyard on her own.

Once she was secured, the resident stepped out the door and spotted the wildcat jumping over a small retaining wall onto the backyard’s sloping hillside before stopping at a safe distance, turning around and having a good look at the resident himself, all while its signature bobbed tail