Posted on 11/17/2016 3:03:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
It is a rare sight in Northern California, but two mountain lions were caught on camera going for a swim.
The two giant cats were spotted at Shasta Lake, which is just north of Redding.
A father and his son witnessed the mountain lions as they swam across the lake. The pair posted videos they took on facebook, which instantly went viral.
“We see two things in the water that we had never seen before, so we stopped, turned around for a quick second, and next thing you know we see two large mountain lions swimming across the lake,” father Kevin Alexander said.
Both the father and his son agree it was an experience they will never forget.
“I was excited. I really wasn’t scared because mountain lions really can’t get out of the water when they’re swimming in the middle of the lake,” son Blake Alexander said.
no video... justa news clip on health!
nvm ... sorry!!
the first couple clicks on the first picture didn’t do anything and then all of a sudden a start icon appeared... so I caught it!! Cool shot of swimming cats! Its rare to see but always enjoyable to watch. I like the coup[le clips out there with tigers that are diving and retrieving things on the bottom of their swimming ponds! Cool stuff!!
Amazing! Thanks for the story/link.
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