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Cougar Encounter in Utah | Mountain Lion Stalks Me For 6 Minutes!
youtube ^ | 12 Oct 2020 | Kunkyle z

Posted on 02/28/2021 11:29:57 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Cougar Encounter in Utah | Mountain Lion Stalks Me For 6 Minutes!

I found what I thought were bobcats on the trail during a run. Turns out they were cougar cubs and their mother was not happy to see me. She escorted me for over six minutes to get me away from her cubs. Although she was acting very aggressive, the cougar had no intent on hurting me. The mother cougar was most likely caught off guard and did what she had to do to protect her cubs. Mama, cubs, and I are safe.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cougar; cute; disney; fiction; story
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Always travel with a buddy! With luck, you might outrun your buddies. You will never outrun a cougar.

1 posted on 02/28/2021 11:29:57 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT
just here for the pics
2 posted on 02/28/2021 11:31:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Plenty of stones to throw.


3 posted on 02/28/2021 11:34:56 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin
Here's a cougar pic for you....yeah, that's the ticket!


4 posted on 02/28/2021 11:35:02 AM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Bears have cubs, cats have kittens.....sheesh.

The kittens were likely following mom, so she extended the escort duty.


5 posted on 02/28/2021 11:36:49 AM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: newfreep

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/lovely.wav


6 posted on 02/28/2021 11:36:50 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

From October, a thread a few months ago. But worth a ping, the bluffs on the video are great, and worth discussing again. Good mom, she defended her cubs.

7 posted on 02/28/2021 11:41:14 AM PST by SJackson (If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun...folks in Philly like a good brawl, BH Obama)
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To: newfreep

Despite her liberal leanings, if she was chasing me, the images of her in the video would be getting larger, not smaller!


8 posted on 02/28/2021 11:42:58 AM PST by FLNittany
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To: Paladin2

Good luck with that plan. LOL.


9 posted on 02/28/2021 11:44:57 AM PST by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
I was stalked by a Cougar in San Angelo (Texas y'all)

Was back in my oil field days.

Still have the belt buckle she gave me.

10 posted on 02/28/2021 11:47:36 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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[[Although she was acting very aggressive, the cougar had no intent on hurting me.]]

Keep right on believing that. Timothy Tredwell said the same nonsense, even got his girlfriend to believe it, and they ended up as meals for hungry Grizzlies-


11 posted on 02/28/2021 11:49:16 AM PST by Bob434
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To: DUMBGRUNT
I wonder which mountains those were in Utah. I was hiking with some friends in Zion National Park. It was getting close to sunset, and I could feel some large predator watching me. The terrain was very rocky and perfect mountain lion habitat. I made the strong suggestion to my friends that we head on back NOW, as mountain lions and such liked dusk as a hunting time. The decision was sealed when a very sudden strong storm arose and we ran down that mountain to reach the ranger station just before the rain started. That was some experience!
12 posted on 02/28/2021 11:51:35 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: Bob434

The girlfriend was terrified and he thought since the bears were not going to hurt him,they wouldn’t hurt her..After he was killed,she sat in the camp waiting to die...No way to protect herself.... Those last few minutes of life must have been terrifying for her..... He was an idiot, but she made the choice to follow him and not bring any protection herself....


13 posted on 02/28/2021 11:52:21 AM PST by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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To: newfreep

Sick minds think alike!😎


14 posted on 02/28/2021 11:54:23 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Smart move backing up. Never turn your back on a large cat. Ever.


VIDEO: NEVER turn your back on big cats!

15 posted on 02/28/2021 11:55:09 AM PST by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wow! Years ago I lived on Pt Reyes and once I was driving over to the Oyster Farm and I looked over and saw a mountain lion (cougar, puma, whatever) slinking through the tall dry grass of about the same color on the hillside by the highway. I stopped because I thought maybe it was the grass moving, but it was definitely a big cat sliding through the grass.

Of course, when I reported it, everybody told me I was crazy, except for one old man at the store who told me there were some cougars in the area and he had seen them.

About 15 years later, after I had left the area, the NPS announced that there were indeed mountain lions on Pt. Reyes.

And now California is celebrating the “return” of grey wolves ... are these people crazy or what?


16 posted on 02/28/2021 11:55:14 AM PST by livius
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The poster was calm enough to keep filming the cat.
Good thing his finger didn’t accidentally push the volume and settings button, only to have some “You’ve Just WON the Daily Sweepstakes!!! call 1800. XXXXXX to claim your prize!”
with Kazoos blasting from his phone.


17 posted on 02/28/2021 11:55:50 AM PST by lee martell
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To: DUMBGRUNT

We warned him and warned him and warned him not to tie strips of liver and and dangle chicken legs from his belt when hiking in the woods, but would he listen? Oh heck no.


18 posted on 02/28/2021 11:56:04 AM PST by Bob434
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Whenever I used to go for a run in the woods, I would always carry protection.

Yes, I had a Killer Whale in my backpack.

The Mountain Lions ran like scared kitties when I let Shamu out of the backpack.

He would swim by flipping water on them.

Cats hate water.

Then, he would eat a forest ranger.

They won’t allow me in the national parks now.

Filthy bigots.


19 posted on 02/28/2021 12:01:09 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6

LOL- very unreasonable of the rangers!


20 posted on 02/28/2021 12:03:25 PM PST by Bob434
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