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A photographer in Alaska was afforded an incredible opportunity when a mother lynx and her seven kittens wandered onto his deck and had a little play session.

Tim Newton lives on the edge of Chugach State Park near Anchorage. He woke up last Tuesday morning to the sound of feet scurrying across his deck.

"I’ve been woken up by bears on the deck, so I thought I would check," he said. “I pulled open the curtain just a bit to see, because I didn’t want them to run off, and I looked down and saw what struck me as a cat.”

Just as Newton began to step out the door in an attempt to greet what he assumed was a neighbor's pet cat, he was shocked to discover it was something else entirely...

More: 11 pictures in the link. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/

More Pictures Here at Newton's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/timnewtonphotography/

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