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Emily Olson

The 'lioness' that sparked a massive search near Berlin may have just been a boar

A wild boar is pictured in Berlin in November 2017. This week, local officials in a nearby suburb said they confused one of these animals for a lioness, prompting them to ask residents to stay inside as they searched for the animal. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)

Officials in the town of Kleinmachnow, Germany, called off a massive, two-day hunt for what they believed was a lioness at large, saying the large animal may have actually been a native specimen of wild boar.

The creature in question was first spotted around midnight Thursday (local time) in a wooded area on the southwest outskirts of Berlin, according to a statement from the Brandenburg Police.

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