Posted on 09/24/2015 8:36:15 AM PDT by SJackson
An Alberta man who dreamed of seeing a cougar in the wild got a little more than he bargained for when he was almost attacked by two wild cougars.
The video uploader, Donny Stone, said he was out for a run when two he noticed that he was being stalked by two cougars. After spotting the animals, he pulled out his camera and bear spray.
Seconds after he pulled out his bear spray one of the cougars ran at him, but instead of a meal the cougar got a face full of capsaicin. He then sprayed the other animal before it lunged, which scared them off.
“I can’t believe I got that on camera!”
Could have fooled me.
Amazing picture and experience. I recall a backpacking trip in central Florida several decades ago when a ranger asked me to carry some plastic bags and bring back anything resembling panther poop. When I pointed out I wouldn’t know panther poop from any similar sized mammal, he said just bring everything out and they’d check it for panther. Can’t imagine anyone doing that, told him I bags, and would bring back panther if I saw it.
Good thing he had bear spray; otherwise he would have had to beat them off with his bare hands.
Co-worker brought it in way back in the early 1980s. The captions for photo setting errors were the funniest. Upside down picture of a state capitol building had "Would cost $X millions to make capitol dome look like this", or a black photo with "Russian vessel departs under cover of darkness".
Lol! Now that you mention it, the image does look cartoonish.
I was stalked by a wolf in Alaska. I was 13 at the time, walking my paper route. The wolf came out of the woods and stalked me for about 10 minutes. Running is a real bad idea because it just confirms that you’re prey, so I kept a steady pace, hoping the wolf would look for easier prey or that I’d make it to some houses before he attacked, but he kept edging closer on an intersecting path. When he got close enough that I thought he might charge, I turned to confront him. No weapons, just a couple good sized rocks I picked up. We both stood our positions, eyes locked, sizing each other up. Finally, he turned away and went back into the woods.
That kind of thing neither a sidearm nor spray would correct without great difficulty.
In that case he would have been lucky to barely make it out of there alive. I can't bear to think about it. :)
Afghan Hounds were specifically bred to bring down big cats, and hunt in pairs (Hawk/Female Hound, Male Hound/Female Hound, Female Hound/Female Hound). A female hound is always the hunter, and the companion is always the distraction to get the back of the cat turned. Afghans are nearly as fast as greyhounds and very quiet when running at full speed, especially when approaching from behind. Their body mass is generally between 60-100 pounds, and they leap while going at full speed latching their jaw onto the throat of the cat as they fly by. Physics does the rest.
They don't have the stamina to chase or fight very long. They have to rely on surprise and get the victim down as fast as they can. Wolves will harass them over their kills as the cat tires easily and will leave it's kill to the wolves
If you can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen
Nice kitty/
I can think of a couple of Cougars I wouldn’t mind being attacked by.
Oh... Wait....
Never mind.
No. You keep your dirty mind in your kitchen and leave conservative people unmolested.
Early in the tape he said something about having a bear banger, though depending on the type the cougars might have been too close.
Yep. It’s Fall and the Cougars come out of the mountains and seem to end up in my back yard.
Me and the dogs will be out back and see a cougar and then the fight is on.....to see who can get back to the house first.
The Youngest Brother has lost some weight so he’s picked up some speed. The Girl must have some greyhound in her because she’s always the first one back. That leaves me and the Little Dog as the tail end. He’s a sneaky little rascal.
I’ll be going like Ulsain Bolt.....if he was old and slow, and the Little Dog will say, “Look! It’s Marie Osmond!”
I have to stop and look just in case it is and the Little Dog is in the house locking the door.
So then I have to use my martial arts training. I go into The Crane Stance, but I keep forgetting that Cougars can beat the crap out of cranes, and I wind up with bite marks on my butt.
The neighbor has a bunch of wiener dogs, and they usually come and save me. The neighbor puts those hot dog bun costumes on his dogs and that really freaks out Cougars.
You’re the one with the dirty mind tootsie roll. You’re the one who thought a visual pun (a picture of a woman) had something to do with sex. If you’re so perverted so as to think what you obviously did, you need help. Maybe you should up your medication.
On a backpacking trip to the Sierras 30 years ago I was climbing the ridge above our campsite alone. Another guy was climbing the ridge opposite. We were going to get to the top and holler across at each other and look down on our campsite where our buddies were.
Just as I was pulling myself up a big boulder to the top I saw a cougar looking right at me. Thing was huge. I ducked down quickly, my heart pounding, and clambered back down ... all the while waiting for the fangs on the back of my neck.
Took quite awhile for my heart to stop racing. Probably the scariest I’ve ever been. My buddies were jealous. I was not armed.
Now I live in Montana,on fairly remote acreage on the side of a mountain, where both cougars and wolves inhabit. I’m always armed now.
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