NEWSLINK: Oversized alley cat creates cougar scare near Metrotown

Burnaby couple Jason McIntyre and Amrita Sandhu got a rare treat Saturday morning when they spotted something unusual in their back alley, just a short walk from Metrotown.

"We could hear the crows going crazy outside and my wife went, opened the door and said, 'Hey look, there's a coyote out there walking down the alley,'" McIntyre said.

The couple watched from the balcony of their Newton Street apartment as the animal — definitely not a coyote — made its way down the alley.

Fearing it was a cougar walking through the streets of Burnaby, Jason called the RCMP.

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