Responding to a report of a cougar on the loose, police in Michigan ended up shooting a large toy cat with a Taser stun gun.

A 911 caller reported a spotting a "huge" animal resembling "a 150-pound cat" in an old cement drainpipe in Bates Park. Ten officers were sent to the scene, according to reports.

Officers saw the silhouette of the animal in the pipe and shot at it with the Taser-it was only then that they discovered it was a large toy cougar.

Police Commissioner William Dwyer told WDIV-TV, Detroit, that investigators suspect the incident was a prank; one that cost the police department $1,000 in wasted police hours while responding to the scene and filling out paperwork.

The prankster could face 90 days probation and fines equivalent to the waster police money if caught.