they’ve only seen one cat, one time, in the 25 years they’ve been there—it was a puma
Pumas seem to show up in very unexpected (highly populated) places sometimes, even in Cities here in the U.S.
I once stayed in a Northeastern city where a puma was being reported seen, multiple times by residents, and the "authorities" refused to believe it saying that it "was impossible" and could never be verified by police response until a resident took a video of it in their backyard.
Also, I stepped out from my door one afternoon, and a 'deer' ran right in front of me on the sidewalk!?!