I've never seen them in the city like that, so it was quite a surprise.
You are right though, they do tend to shy away from people.
The woman who first told us about the sighting had mentioned that she had called animal control and was told to just leave it be, apparently they just do their thing and slowly make their way back to where they came from... still it was pretty wild!
Thanks for the comments @kerrislravenhill! :)