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 ...
I’d love to see him if you ever do get pics. :-)
Our ancestors were smarter than todays people. They got rid of top of the line predators..
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