Couple Suffer Shock After Sighting What They Think Is a Tiger in Hong Kong

A leopard cat, pictured on Oct. 22, 2016 versus a real tiger, pictured on Oct. 25, 2006, both in Wuhan, China. Wang He/Getty Images & China Photos/Getty Images

A suspected sighting of a tiger in Hong Kong—animals that haven’t been seen for more than 50 years in the former British colony—has been debunked as something far more pedestrian.

Authorities searched a country park after a couple called the police saying they had seen a tiger on Tuesday, March 6.