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Posted on 03/16/2009 5:21:07 AM PDT by CholeraJoe

A couple from Montana were riding the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion, a Mountain Lion decided he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision.

The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot, the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and decided HE wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose for the lion.

As the lion approached the dogs, the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around, banging its head on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, then whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride as if nothing had just happened.

Fortunately, though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife got these four pictures.



TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bada; mountainlion; mule; thelionwasdead
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Just damn!
1 posted on 03/16/2009 5:21:07 AM PDT by CholeraJoe
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To: CholeraJoe

I think Snopes has this as a myth.


2 posted on 03/16/2009 5:22:11 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Travis T. OJustice; NeoCaveman; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; tioga; Gabz; secret garden; xsmommy

Gotta see this.


3 posted on 03/16/2009 5:22:31 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Train relentlessly, fight fearlessly, kill without remorse.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Whatever. Just got it this weekend.


4 posted on 03/16/2009 5:23:08 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Train relentlessly, fight fearlessly, kill without remorse.)
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Wow


5 posted on 03/16/2009 5:23:44 AM PDT by listenhillary (Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: CholeraJoe

Now that is one BAD ASS!


6 posted on 03/16/2009 5:24:02 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Fump!)
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To: CholeraJoe

You have to admit, a mule beating-up a dead mountain lion is still rather rare.


7 posted on 03/16/2009 5:24:08 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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I think Snopes has this as a myth.

Did they do a COLB-quality analysis on the pics? The pics are pretty convincing, and I can't think of a motivation for making them up.

8 posted on 03/16/2009 5:24:09 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: CholeraJoe

Unbelievable...


9 posted on 03/16/2009 5:24:37 AM PDT by sniper63 (Silent and stealthy - one shot - one kill)
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To: CholeraJoe

OMG.......what a story. Awesome horse.


10 posted on 03/16/2009 5:25:45 AM PDT by tioga
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Judge for yourself: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/mulelion.asp.
11 posted on 03/16/2009 5:26:22 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: tioga
Awesome horse.

That's a mule.

12 posted on 03/16/2009 5:26:54 AM PDT by houeto (I see Obama voters...and it's changed my tipping habits.)
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To: CholeraJoe

That mules needs a spiked collar and fang teeth!


13 posted on 03/16/2009 5:27:12 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
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To: CholeraJoe

Wow.

Even the snopes description of what they claim really happened is pretty interesting.


14 posted on 03/16/2009 5:28:22 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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To: tioga
Awesome horse

Nice ass.

15 posted on 03/16/2009 5:30:20 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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To: CholeraJoe

Dead cat bounce?


16 posted on 03/16/2009 5:30:29 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
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To: Pearls Before Swine
snopes has the pics as accurate with a somewhat different tale with it....
17 posted on 03/16/2009 5:30:32 AM PDT by tioga
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To: houeto

I stand corrected.


18 posted on 03/16/2009 5:31:08 AM PDT by tioga
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To: Travis T. OJustice

LOL.....figures, you always have a come back line.


19 posted on 03/16/2009 5:31:58 AM PDT by tioga
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To: 1rudeboy

But not as rare as a U.S. President getting attacked in a lake by a rabbit


20 posted on 03/16/2009 5:33:08 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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