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.
I think the mountain lion might disagree. Those pics speak for themselves.
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Instead of Snopes, try TruthorFiction.com. I’ve heard they are less biased to the left.
The Mule that Killed the Mountain Lion-Fiction!
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/mule-lion.htm
Summary of the eRumor:
A series of pictures of a saddled mule making sport of a mountain lion.
The accompanying story says the lion was stalking the hunting dogs of a Montana couple while they were out on the range.
The man was going to fire a warning shot to scare the lion but before he could do it, his mule grabbed the lion and killed it by whirling it around and banging the lions head on the ground.
Then the mule put down the dead lion and acted as though nothing had happened.
The Truth:
These pictures and the story about the lion-killing-mule circulated for quite a while on the Internet before Steven Richards got the real story and published it in Western Mule Magazine.
The mule’s name is Berry and it belongs to 25-year old Jody Anglin from New Mexico.
Anglin says he enjoys hunting mountain lions and is usually accompanied by a cadre of hunting dogs.
In 1998 he got Berry to assist with the lion hunts.
On the first hunt, Berry was attracted to the carcass of a lion that Anglin had shot and sort of nuzzled it and nibbled at it.
With each new kill, however, Berry got more animated and couldn’t wait to get to the dead lions.
The pictures in the eRumor were taken in 2002 or 2003 and show Berry toying with a lion that was already dead, not killing it.
Someone along the way created the story about the Montana couple, the stalking lion, and the fanciful descriptions of the pictures.
Last updated 10/1/05
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It would be a lot more convincing if there was one picture of the mountain lion walking. I have ridin with people who had mules and they are indeed awsome (the mules that is). When we got back in the brush they just bulldozed a trail through for the horses to follow.
Well I read the site and they offer nothing to refute the story. Mules are very smart, a lot more than a horse and very strong.
If at the start the mule got a good hit and stuned the cat it would have the upper hand.
A kick from a mule can kill most animals, including a man or other horse or mule.
Plus a mule can jump over a 6 foot fence from a standstill.
A mule swung a mountain lion around by its tail? Right. Sure. You bet.
You don’t find it odd that the mule shows not even a scratch? And you chalk if off to a “lucky strike,” while discounting the Snopes account?
Snopes from what I read didn’t give an account, only conjecture.
Mules are very strong, tough, smart.
Interesting story and has been around the net since back in 2002/3 time frame. The internet version maybe enhanced from the actual event but it the mule is quite a lion hunter.
We used to put a donkey with sheep in the pasture to keep coyotes away. The coyotes will usually run away from the donkey, but if one of them gets brave, the donkey will kill it, no questions asked! I don’t know if this lion story is true or not, but I can believe a grown mule(souped up donkey on steroids!!) could kill a mountain lion. One of my ancestors was also killed by a mule. One kick in the chest by a plow mule. The terms”kick like a mule” and “tough as a mule”came from the old time farmers that used them every day. Can be made into pets, But on thier terms. “ Stubborn as a mule!)
“Mules are very smart, a lot more than a horse and very strong.
If at the start the mule got a good hit and stuned the cat it would have the upper hand.
A kick from a mule can kill most animals, including a man or other horse or mule.
Plus a mule can jump over a 6 foot fence from a standstill.”
I read that they can do calculus. One even wrote the book “Quantum Physics for Dummies.”
You mean those two old liberals that work out of their basement in Collyfornia?
A girl that I work with raises miniature donkeys. They are pretty damn cute, as they only stand about 2.5 feet high.
One day, her neighbor's two full grown pit bulls attacked one of her cute little donkeys. Well....you know the outcome. Two dead pit bulls.
“I read that they can do calculus. One even wrote the book “Quantum Physics for Dummies.”
Having owned a horse ranch in Okalahoma I have more then just reading knowledge of these animals. They actucally have contests involving mule’s jumping.
TRY THIS GOOGLE LINK:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=mule+jumping
“Having owned a horse ranch in Okalahoma”
The fun thing about being anonymous on the internet is that you can be whoever you want to be. Your all-encompassing statements about mules (they can jump 6 feet from a standstill) reeks of horse loving little girl. Such as thinking a black horse can outrun a white horse. Or all quarter horses can outrun all thoroughbreds. When Barbaro got hurt several of us were discussing treatment options. Some moron came on and said “I am a HORSEMAN and I’m telling you they don’t care about this horse, they just want his semen for artificial insemination.” Of course, his horseman cover was blown since we all know that AI isn’t allowed in thoroughbred racing. It was pretty funny.
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