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Wildlife slowly loses fear of humans if not hunted. This can become dangerous with large predators. Or, maybe some addlepated treehugger has been feeding them, always a fantastic idea, lol.

Thanks and agreed. I commented further and more sincerely about the situation here in comment #15. And yes, more seriously, we'll be watching the mountain lion activity. Another thing to mention. Lighting with motion detection is good to have nearby.

The big cats can be shot in self-defense, but an intended human victim would have to have cat-like hearing, night vision, lightening reflexes and gobs of point-shooting experience (not the case with most of us). Mountain lions tend to stalk, then run and jump at high speed to hit the backs of necks of prey. They're sneaky and extremely hard to see in low light. It's better to prevent attacks to begin with. A few ranchers have shot mountain lions that were attacking working dogs instead of attacking the ranchers.

our ancestors were smart enough to kill the predators in their area and the government paid a bounty on them..now we have stupid government that makes you pay to get rid of pests and city idiots cry about them. We now have cougars in Michigan, always had bears in the upper, now they are in the lower also...the ones with no fear got killed and the ones that stayed away from humans reproduced and taught their offspring to stay away also....Like Peter rabbits mother told him to stay away from Mr. Magareata's garden, your father never returned from there.