Mountain lion sightings are rare in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, state wildlife officials say, but the last few weeks seem to challenge that notion. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed the third mountain lion sighting in North Texas in less than a month — this time in Plano.

Mountain lions are native to Texas, but experts say they are typically found in the Trans-Pecos region and parts of South Texas.

North Texas' biggest feline was spotted for a third time on security camera footage, this time in Plano, wilderness officials confirmed. The mountain lion was likely passing through and will not stay in the area for an extended amount of time,

A mountain lion was caught on a resident's security camera Friday in north Plano, third sighting in North Texas in last three weeks.

For the third time in just a few weeks, a wild mountain lion was seen wandering a neighborhood in North Texas. This time, Plano residents were graced by its presence as it spookily meandered by a Ring doorbell camera.

Over the last few weeks, mountain lion sightings in North Texas have been on the rise. A mountain lion was spotted near Lake Dallas on Oct. 27. A few days later, on Nov. 1, another was spotted in Frisco. On Nov. 8, a mountain lion sighting was reported in Plano.

The city of Plano shared this video clip of a mountain lion walking through an alleyway in a neighborhood near Big Lake Park on Friday night.

Mountain lion sightings are popping up like gophers all over North Texas again, sparking the usual mixed reactions on social media.

The City of Plano said in a Facebook post that biologists with the TPWD confirmed security camera footage of a mountain lion in Plano on Friday, November 8. Before that, TPWD confirmed mountain lion sightings in Lake Dallas on October 27 and Frisco on November 1.

Another mountain lion has been spotted in North Texas, this time walking down the alley of a Plano neighborhood.