The Illinois Department of Natural Resources are trying to determine while or not there is a report of a cougar being spotted at a DuPage County forest preserve. Reports from Naperville states that a forest preserve official is investigating a report from a visitor, that says they saw a cougar in the woods. The report says that an animal was seek that looked like a cougar at the East Branch Forest Preserve in Glendale Heights. Cougar sightings in Illinois are extremely rate and the forest preserve says that state and district officials have not confirmed that there is a cougar in that area. Residents are urged that if they see a cougar, which is an animal that can weigh over 200 pounds, that they leave the area slowly and call state officials or forest preserve district police. State officials can be reached at 847-608-3100 or forest preserve district police officers can be reached at 630-933-7240.