A man in Vermont, in the northeast United States, caught a wild bobcat on camera prowling around his backyard, barely 10 feet from his window.

Brian Eskew noticed the rare predator stalking his yard in Moretown around midday on February 15, and claimed it may have been wanting to eat the squirrels that fed off the bird feeder he had in his garden.

Eskew commented: "This is a very rare occurrence, as these cats may not be endangered like the Canada Lynx, there are very few of these in the wild."