Emily was sitting beside me, clutching my hand tightly. The nurse had given her a popsicle to calm her down, but she hadn’t touched it. She looked up at me, her eyes wide.

“It was big, Mommy,” she whispered again, her voice trembling. “And it was scary.”

With Emily’s words echoing in my mind, I turned to Officer Daniels. “Do you have any idea what kind of animal it could be?”