--- description: The mountain lion found a hiding spot under the house on Monday, but left overnight title: A Mountain Lion Hiding Under a Los Angeles Home Has Left image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee51e19d009522ed/6987eaf435ba6f2c8fc0ad93/mountain-lion-p22.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Mountain Lion That Was Hiding Under a Los Angeles Home Has Left  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 15, 2023 4:14 AM CUTPublished: Apr 14, 2015 3:10 PM CUT  This Nov. 2014 photo provided by the National Park Service shows the mountain lion known as P-22, the mountain lion living in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. This Nov. 2014 photo provided by the National Park Service shows the mountain lion known as P-22, the mountain lion living in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.AP/National Parks Service  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 15, 2023 4:14 AM CUTPublished: Apr 14, 2015 3:10 PM CUT A mountain lion that had been hiding under a Los Angeles home since Monday is finally gone, officials said. The lion, known as P-22, became famous in the area after [_National Geographic_](http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/14/a-cougar-ready-for-his-closeup/ "undefined") photographer Steve Winter captured an image of the animal in front of the Hollywood Sign. P-22 spends most of his time in Griffith Park, in the Santa Monica Mountains, but on Monday wandered into a crawlspace under the home of Jason and Paula Archinaco. The big cat was discovered by two workers who were installing a security system in the home. “I didn’t think for two seconds that it was a mountain lion in my house,” Jason Archinaco told the [Los Angeles _Times._](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-famed-p22-mountain-lion-found-under-los-feliz-home-owner-says-20150413-story.html "undefined") “If someone says Bigfoot’s in your house, you go, ‘Yeah,’ and you stick your head in there.” P-22 had to cross two major freeways in order to reach Griffith Park, a feat that has made him into something of a big cat celebrity. The _National Geographic_ shot turned him from wildlife celebrity to bona fide star, and scientists have attached a GPS collar to help track his movements. To get P-22 out from under the home, officials from the Department of Fish and Wildlife poked the mountain lion with a pole, then threw tennis balls and bean bags at him on Monday. Ultimately, they decided to see if he would leave on his own overnight. By Tuesday morning, P-22 was [nowhere to be found](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-famed-p22-mountain-lion-found-under-los-feliz-home-owner-says-20150413-story.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3821057/mountain-lion-hiding-los-angeles-home/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821057/mountain-lion-hiding-los-angeles-home/"},"headline":"The Mountain Lion That Was Hiding Under a Los Angeles Home Has Left","datePublished":"2015-04-14T15:10:56.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T04:14:00.000Z","description":"He left overnight","url":"https://time.com/3821057/mountain-lion-hiding-los-angeles-home/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","los angeles","Lion","National Geographic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee51e19d009522ed/6987eaf435ba6f2c8fc0ad93/mountain-lion-p22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee51e19d009522ed/6987eaf435ba6f2c8fc0ad93/mountain-lion-p22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"This Nov. 2014 photo provided by the National Park Service shows the mountain lion known as P-22, the mountain lion living in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.","caption":"This Nov. 2014 photo provided by the National Park Service shows the mountain lion known as P-22, the mountain lion living in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.","creditText":"AP/National Parks Service","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3821057/mountain-lion-hiding-los-angeles-home/","name":"The Mountain Lion That Was Hiding Under a Los Angeles Home Has Left"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Waking the Dead: Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life","description":"Conservationists and scientists have a saying, \"extinction is forever.\" But soon biologists will clone long-gone animals in the hope to redefine that axiom to \"DE-extinction is forever.\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7mURxfr4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-12T14:27:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7mURxfr4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3821057/mountain-lion-hiding-los-angeles-home/","duration":"PT4M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3821057/mountain-lion-hiding-los-angeles-home/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```