Posted on 02/08/2019 4:23:35 AM PST by marktwain
Big cats are dangerous predators. They usually attack from ambush, without warning, often from behind. That happened to a runner in Colorado. But the runner was not listening to music on earbuds or headphones. He heard something. He started to turn around. He saw the lion launching itself at him.
Here is the initial report from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. From state.co.us:
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers, working with Larimer County Department of Natural Resources, are investigating a mountain lion attack on a trail runner using the West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space on Monday, Feb. 4. The victim was able to defend himself from the attack, resulting in the death of the juvenile mountain lion. The runner was then able to leave the open space property and get himself to a local hospital.
“Mountain lion attacks are not common in Colorado and it is unfortunate that the lion’s hunting instincts were triggered by the runner,” Ty Petersburg, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. “This could have had a very different outcome.”
The victim of the attack described hearing something behind him on the trail and was attacked by a mountain lion as he turned around to investigate. The lion lunged at the runner, biting his face and wrist. He was able to fight and break free from the lion, killing the lion in self-defense. The runner sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries as a result of the
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I have found it is easy to use a quality firearm.
Then my hands.
My gift too the writer:
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As sentences do not need to be limited to seven words, he should try a comma and a conjunctive occasionally.
Chuck Norris?
King David II.
Again? How many is that now?
The article mentions two incidents in Africa where men killed leopards with their hands.
I guarantee you it wasn’t the one in the linked picture.
I have always had a hard time figuring out why anyone would be in the back country without a firearm. Oh well, never try to analyze insanity.
Firearms are bad. Mine are lazy, but some some other people have energetic assault guns that will just jump up and kill people when their owners aren't looking. I need to get one of those 12 gauge fully-automatic AK-47 pump-action Glock assault rifles - they're always taking the initiative.
I see that and think of cramming my fist down the throat to suffocate it.
I hope you do not teach grammar.
Lions gotta eat.
I read of an Eskimo woman that shoved her mittened hand down the throat of a polar bear.
Then she pulled her hand out, leaving the mitten in its throat.
It choked to death.
I do not have a source, but it sounded plausible.
According to the local newspaper, the Coloradoan, a part of the USA Today network, the cat was less than a year old and weighed less than 100 pound. He suffocated it and then walked three miles down the trail to report it.
rwood
You can get pointers here
http://www.engrish.com
Heheheee
Points for spelling too?
It was his fault to the extent that he put himself in a potentially dangerous situation not well prepared.
Reminds me of feminists insisting on their “right” to walk around half naked in a neighborhood with lots of of young “vibrant” Muslims, and expecting to be unmolested.
I was told that it was actually killed by RBG and She told the guy to take credit for the kill. Just keep your mouth shut and the people will believe it
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