Posted on 09/15/2010 12:37:39 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs
Big, gentle Griz suddenly growled and darted away.
Advertising Moments later, the 2-year-old Alaskan malamute reappeared on the run from behind a few farm buildings — chasing a mountain lion.
“The cat was full leaped out. He was on a dead run with his tail out behind him. He looked huge,” said Jane Schledewitz.
“We were head-to-head. There was nothing between us but air.”
The cougar and Griz the dog zipped past Schledewitz and vanished around the corner of the farmhouse. She estimated the distance between herself and the cougar as twice the length of her living room...
...The mountain lion was the 112th confirmed observation in Nebraska since 1991. It was the 10th confirmation this year. Eighty of the confirmed sightings have occurred in the Pine Ridge area north of Hemingford.
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
Y’all better watch out up there, the cats are moving in...
But I like to have cougars visit now and again.....
> Y’all better watch out up there, the cats are moving in...
We’ve seen them up here in the hills of New Hampshire. We don’t go into the woods alone, and we don’t go in without guns. If you’re alone, you won’t know that a cat’s stalking you until it’s too late.
When you’re in the woods, be sure to stay close together, make lots of noise, and carry sidearms - .357 mag suggested minimum.
Uh, different cougars, I suspect.
Well then, make sure your neighbors keep their 125 lb malamutes indoors!
Geez, can you imagine what a beast that dog must be? I wish there were pictures of IT...
Hey, the first dashboard bobblehead!
Take a good look at the paws on that thing, whooo doggy !!
That wasn’t a dog ;-)
There have been multiple reports of big cats around Fort Knox, and there is a thriving black bear population here as well. One of my friends hit one on the way home from church a few weeks ago. The collision disabled his truck and he was stuck there for about twenty minutes, with a ticked off and injured bear, until one of his neighbors came along and called the game warden, who had to dispatch the wounded bear. It weighed 180 pounds and had a tag from Black Mountain, almost two hundred miles away.
One’s fondness for large predators varies proportionally with distance. I suspect the folks out in farm country aren’t too terrible concerned about preserving the cougars.
Your dad thought he saw one about a month ago in Chalco Park. There is a huge white tail deer population in the park, so I suspect there’ll be cats. I went walking at Walnut Creek the other night and it got dark on me and I was really glad I was carrying; although from what I understand about attacks, a cat would have got me before I’d have been able to shoot it/at it. No more long walks at night when I’m angry anymore!
Just take Ender with you next time. If nothing else, he’ll distract the kitty long enough to get a bead on it!
Folks in India who have to go into the bush where the Bengal tigers prowl apparently have taken to wearing face masks looking backwards on their heads, as the tigers are said to only attack from behind. If you are wearing a face mask looking backward, they won’t strike. You might try that. Me, I’d prefer to have a couple of big doberman and maybe a 454 Casull: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTqo-4KUbA0
Early Mercury.
If I had a way to do so, I would post a pic of my 122 pound Malamute for you. Really big boy, gentle as anything, doesn’t back down from much....
OK, he’s not gentle on cats, but otherwise...
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