Cannon Beach on the coast of Oregon is famous for Haystack Rock, a towering 235-foot sea stack that's one of the state's leading tourist attractions and the town square for plenty of seaside locals, including tufted puffins, seabirds and aquatic critters.
But an unexpected visitor graced Haystack Rock over the weekend: a cougar.
Authorities said a cougar was spotted on Haystack Rock early Sunday, leading officials to close a large portion of Cannon Beach "to allow the cougar an area to escape to, from off the rock," the Cannon Beach Police Department said on a Facebook post. A multi-agency task force of state and local officials was formed to keep both the public and the cougar safe, the department said.
