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We had one in Central Park not too long ago. They think he came down from Westchester County by swimming across the Sputen Duyvil, and then worked his way down to the park. Evidently he had just eaten a pigeon in the bird sanctuary and somebody spotted him by Fifth avenue. Over a dozen police gave chase and they brought out a helicopter with FLIR to aid the search. Finally they shot him with a tranquilizer gun after an eight hour chase. I'm not surprised: he'd have to be one hell of a determined animal to make it down in the first place!