Posted on 02/10/2024 9:51:45 AM PST by george76
A cougar attacked a man at a ski resort Sunday outside of Beaver Mountain, Utah, but he was able to fight it off with a snowboard.
Charlie Duffy was walking outside of resort boundaries with his snowboard when he noticed big cat paw prints in the snow, KSL reported. Moments later, unnerved by the paw prints, he looked over his shoulder to see the mountain lion five or six feet away from him. The cat then pounced
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“My fight response instantly kicked in and I grabbed my board in my right hand and swung with full force at the jumping mountain lion,” Duffy said in an Instagram post. “It barely grazed my neck with its claws and got knocked to the ground. The mountain lion proceeded to get back up and come back at me.”
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Photos posted on Instagram show Duffy’s torn jacket where the cougar attacked him. After posting on Instagram, snowboard brands Nitro and 686 pledged to send him some new gear.
Cool story, bro
Yes. Yes it does.
Why?
Nothing wrong with older women, quite the opposite!
Cougars are really relentless and difficult to fight off - though usually they pounce in bars rather than ski resorts.
Pet and livestock owners warned about recent mountain lion attacks.. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have said they are tracking a mountain lion
https://www.postindependent.com/news/pet-and-livestock-owners-warned-about-recent-attacks/
> Nothing wrong with older women, quite the opposite! <
You say that now. But wait until you run into a divorced one who’s obsessed with money, and can’t stop talking about her children. Then you’ll wish you had a snowboard handy.
🙂
Cougars up on Beaver Mountain. Whodda thunk?
“Pounced”
A Republican cat. Take that, Romney!
“Man”.
CORRECT!
The fight would have ended quicker if he used BOTH hands but you can’t let go of your Dr. Pepper hand.
What makes you think I haven’t?
The guy is full of shit.
I worked big cat rescue for many years, cougar claw marks do not look like that. They leave ragged and undefined edges.
Those cuts look like razor blade cuts.
I call bullshit. (I have posted this same comment on the NY Post and Fox.)
Never so true a statement has ever been uttered.
I met my wife when we were both 43. We’re both 70 now. 26 years of bliss and it only gets better. However, thanks to what I’ve learned from this and my first marriage (lasted 20 years) is this: Two things a man should never do before the age of 35 - buy a motorcycle; get married. After 35 you are looking for different attributes in a marriage, and you’ll be able to handle both the marriage and motorcycle more responsibly. 🤣
Old cougars bruise easy.
LOL!!!
The crossbreeds are the worst ones. They chew snowboards like candy.
A mountain lion watching my ski technique, would not be able to stop laughing.
- my defense
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