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 guess you didn’t google or go to the link provided.
How would their political inclinations bias their approach to this story?
I understand your point on the anonymous internet posters making outrageous claims but in this case they’re true.
When my husband was alive we went to the Donkey and Mule competitions every year at the Houston Livestock show. Those mules can jump a 6 foot bar from a stand still position. Fun to watch
I would assume there are horses and mules out there that can do this amazing feat but the other freeper made an all-ecompassing statement “mules can jump blah blah blah.” Just because some can, sure as heck doesn’t mean all can. Horses can jump 8 feet, I’ve seen it. What I left out was, 1 in a million horses can jump 8 feet.
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