A reported tiger sighting caused quite a hubbub for children waiting for the bus to go to school last Friday morning.

Nye County Sheriff's Office Capt. Bill Becht said an anonymous phone call was received that reported a tiger being spotted in a North End neighborhood that provides bus service to several local schools.

Animal Control was contacted and called Nye County's Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) unit to help patrol the area and monitor students walking to and from the bus stop.

Becht said members of the sheriff's auxiliary unit were also dispatched to the scene.

About a dozen ham operators began patrolling the area at about 5:30 a.m., but when there were no sightings by 8 a.m., activities were suspended.

As Becht bluntly put it, "There was no tiger."