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Wild video shows mountain lion strolling into California home, coming face-to-face with man inside: ‘Locked eyes’
nypost.com ^ | Aug. 18, 2025 | Anthony Blair ,

Posted on 08/20/2025 4:48:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN

Wild video shows the moment a hulking mountain lion strolled through the front door of a California home like it owned the place, before coming face-to-face with the terrified man inside.

Jeff Tenney was in the kitchen of his mother’s house in La Verne, Los Angeles County, on Saturday afternoon when he found himself locking eyes with the brazen big cat.

“Out of the corner of my eye, I hear and see and feel the large presence,” he told KABC. “[I] peeked around the corner of the dining room, and we locked eyes for a moment, and I knew it was a lion.”

The mountain lion walked in through the open front door of the suburban home and ran out the back door after spotting the human inside.

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KEYWORDS: california; cougar; mountainlion; wildlife

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- "As soon as it saw me, it went straight through the screen here, out the back. It was a loud, loud noise, boom! And into the pool and over the fence,” Tenney said."

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Best case scenario

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1 posted on 08/20/2025 4:48:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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The mountain lion walked in through the open front door
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Not a good security strategy.


2 posted on 08/20/2025 4:52:24 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: V_TWIN

Better open up about a dozen cans of Fancy Feast. And quickly!


3 posted on 08/20/2025 4:56:40 AM PDT by FLNittany
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they locked eyes. That sounds romantic


4 posted on 08/20/2025 4:57:41 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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That lion looks very thin


5 posted on 08/20/2025 4:59:15 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: MarlonRando

“Some enchanted evening,
You may meet a stranger.
You may meet a stranger,
Across a crowded room!”


6 posted on 08/20/2025 5:01:16 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: V_TWIN

Appears to be skinny.... and hungry.
In mtn lion country, ya get what ya vote for!
Have fun with that.


7 posted on 08/20/2025 5:02:51 AM PDT by SakoL61R
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Better a mountain lion coming in your open front door than a couple of illegal aliens with machetes.


8 posted on 08/20/2025 5:07:54 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The IRS needs to check to see if Soros' sign holding, Commie "resister obstructionists" pay taxes.")
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The mountain lion walked in through the open front door

There are four legged predators - and there are two-legged predators.

Don't leave your door open, ya dummy!

9 posted on 08/20/2025 5:14:40 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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“...Better a mountain lion coming in your open front door than a couple of illegal aliens with machetes...”

For sure!
One could probably make a pretty good case and get off lightly for defending oneself inside their own home against a mountain lion. Making a case for defending oneself from machete-weilding illegals in one’s home? Probably not so much given the insanity we live in today. Spit.


10 posted on 08/20/2025 5:14:58 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: grobdriver

No kidding!


11 posted on 08/20/2025 5:24:12 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: V_TWIN

That’s why i carry a gun ,even watching tv. Home invasion of the animal kind isn’t always human animals.


12 posted on 08/20/2025 5:27:19 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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Nice kitty. Nice kitty. Ahhhhhhh!!!


13 posted on 08/20/2025 5:29:34 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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PsstPssst Pssst PssstPssstt


14 posted on 08/20/2025 5:31:24 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: V_TWIN

Unpublished ABBA song “Just Like That!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBua9CHF7v8&t=70s


15 posted on 08/20/2025 5:34:30 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: spincaster

And, you never know when something will come out of the TV.


16 posted on 08/20/2025 5:42:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: V_TWIN

He told the Genie of the magic lamp, “I wish to meet a cougar” and wasn’t specific enough...


17 posted on 08/20/2025 5:45:35 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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LOL. I had a fox walk up to my open porch door once and look in at me. It then turned around and left. But it just seemed curious.


18 posted on 08/20/2025 5:52:06 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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At least he had the sense not to try to take a selfie with it.


19 posted on 08/20/2025 5:55:41 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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"The mountain lion walked in through the open front door of the suburban home and ran out the back door after spotting the human inside."

The lion didn't turn around and go out the front door. It navigated through the house and used the back door instead. This lion is way too familiar with the house.

20 posted on 08/20/2025 5:56:56 AM PDT by DannyTN
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