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Cougar tries to get inside house (home invasion) - see the pictures
Richard Zickefoose ^ | March 1, 2006 | Mini-14

Posted on 03/11/2006 11:28:31 AM PST by Mini-14

A friend of mine took these pictures of a cougar.  He lives right outside of Yellowstone, and the cougar apparently wanted to get inside of his house.

Walking into the back porch through a fenced area - 1.
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Walking into the back porch through a fenced area - 2.
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On the back porch and showing its fangs.
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Peering into the house through the glass door.
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To: Cvengr; Squantos

....and in reply to post #163:

MUTTLY eat cougars!



(they also make wonderful pajamas...with feet!)


181 posted on 03/11/2006 7:32:13 PM PST by PoorMuttly ("My kid is a honor student")
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To: MarkL
Elisha Cuthbert is nice looking but her former 24 co-star Reiko Aylesworth is absolutely gorgeous.
182 posted on 03/11/2006 7:36:28 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Real Leaders Base Their Decisions on Their Convictions. Wannabes Base Decisions on the Latest Poll.)
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To: angcat
I Would love to feed that putty on my deck.

I've seen your homepage... It would be a shame if you did, and you were never able to allow the little children or cat to go out on your deck again, without someone with a gun there to keep the big kitty away.

I love cats myself, and yes, that's a beautiful animal. But they're best to observe from a safe distance. It's nothing that the homeowner should be surprised at: If you build a house adjacent to a national park where hunting is banned, don't be surprised by the wildlife that turns up at your front door, and don't be surprised if you're seen by some as "prey."

Mark

183 posted on 03/11/2006 7:41:53 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: PoorMuttly

Wifes says to let the cat in and ya go to back door and see this critter...........do ya ?


184 posted on 03/11/2006 7:43:52 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Slings and Arrows; MamaDearest; Oorang; WestCoastGal
When called by a panther,
Don't anther.

--- Ogden Nash

185 posted on 03/11/2006 7:58:10 PM PST by LucyT (All terrorist are muslim.)
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To: jazusamo

Have you read the book "The beast in the garden" ?

I did...and seeing this makes me say WOW...MOVE!!!


186 posted on 03/11/2006 8:41:03 PM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
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To: LucyT

:) My favorite poet.


187 posted on 03/11/2006 8:44:03 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
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To: lainie
lainie wrote: "Are cougars and mountain lions the same? Since we go camping fairly regularly, I've read about them..and everything I've ever seen said mountain lions are terribly afraid of people. It's rare to even see one in the wild. And this one's standing at the house like that? There were even several shots taken with a flash and it didn't run away! wow.

That guy needs a loaded rifle on hand at all times."



Yes, cougars, mountains lions and pumas are all the same animal.

Several years ago a Park Ranger told me that there were three confirmed mountain lions in Ventura County. He said that you could be standing a few feet away from one hiding in tall grasses or shrubs and not know that it's there. He said that their range is 100 miles and that they will go where ever there is food.

It was startling hearing that a cougar could be so close and remain undetected so I asked the Park Ranger if mountain lions posed less danger than African lions.

He said that a mountain lion can clear a 7 foot fence carrying a 140 pound deer in its mouth.

Do you recall hearing about the bicyclist who was attacked by a mountain lion while she was biking in an Orange County park a few years ago? Later while searching for the mountain lion, people came across the body of a man who had been killed and partially covered up earlier by the same mountain lion.

A park ranger in a park near Santa Clarita told me to carry a large stick while hiking because several different groups of hikers reported encounters with what the park ranger speculated was probably just one female mountain lion.

There are also signs in Canyon Country which warn of mountain lions in the area.


188 posted on 03/11/2006 9:06:39 PM PST by bd476
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To: Drango

You do have to admit there is no better college logo.


189 posted on 03/11/2006 9:11:27 PM PST by connectthedots
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To: GladesGuru
Since birds usually don't make sounds at night, the chirping is usually a couguar.

What kind of animal (upper midwest, nightime) makes a sound like a police siren? I mean so much like a police siren that the first time I heard them moving up from across the field, I thought I was hearing a bunch of emergency vehicles off in the distance. It was uncanny.

Since that first incident a few years ago, I hear them off and on at night. Sets my dog off like mad, drive him crazy (Rottie, is inside). He will bark like I've never heard him bark at anything -- and, they can apparently hear him, from inside the house (him) and across the rield (them), so they must have fairly good hearing, whatever they are. When he starts barking, they stop "sirening".

A relative who grew up here had never heard anything like it before, it scared the crap out of him. Most people I describe this to, will give a knowing nod of the head, and say something like, "Coyotes, yup, coyotes, no doubt about it", but, they don't sound like any coyotes that I've ever heard -- nor did they sound like coyotes to my relative who spent his life growing up in this rural area.

190 posted on 03/12/2006 2:51:47 AM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Recovering Hermit
"Methinks he probably had some firepower in the free hand."

LOL I was thinking the exact same thing!

191 posted on 03/12/2006 2:55:43 AM PST by Toadman
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To: Slings and Arrows
Every cat is a cougar on the inside. Some of them are cougars on the outside too.

Oh, I dunno 'bout that. I have one that thinks he's a watchdog (even to the point that he will swat the Rottie in the nose if he things the Rottie (who loves all the cats) is acting out of line toward my wife (by jumping in her face to try to lick it), and he's the most timid cat I've got -- and I've got another that thinks he's a babysitter. (If the baby is crying, or getting his diaper changed, the cat will visibly fret, distraught, almost to the point of doing the "get Timmy from the well, Mama!" stage if my wife does not react fast enough to suit his idea of proper care for the baby, LOL!)

I've seen other cases of some of our cats exhibiting "protective" behavior, but those two are pretty obvious about it. If they've got "cougar" on the inside, they're saving it for something they consider way out of place in our "den".

192 posted on 03/12/2006 3:02:39 AM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: GSlob
The best thing to use against pesky wildlife is a flamethrower- animals do not advance towards fire, but run away from it.

When it's entering your house??? (Yikes!)

193 posted on 03/12/2006 3:04:31 AM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: AnAmericanMother
That's a mule. Long ears, lowset tail with short hair at the top.

Aye... the most foul tempered mule yew aver laid eyes on! (Couldn't resist)

194 posted on 03/12/2006 3:08:04 AM PST by Toadman
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To: manwiththehands
Camping many years back in Colorado, I woke up to the screams of a terrified woman being murdered... my pal said it was a catamount.

Needless to say I had a hard time falling back asleep!

195 posted on 03/12/2006 3:12:49 AM PST by Toadman
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To: Toadman

Cougar: "Where's a Holy Hand Grenade when you need one?"


196 posted on 03/12/2006 4:13:47 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Mini-14
It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your little FiFi is?

Leni

197 posted on 03/12/2006 4:43:08 AM PST by MinuteGal (Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; ...

If you'd like to be on or off this Upper Midwest outdoors list, please FRmail me.


198 posted on 03/12/2006 5:39:14 AM PST by SJackson (There is but one language which can be held to these people, and this is terror, William Eaton)
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To: MarkL

I know I was just kidding. The only thing on my deck here in NEPA mountains are the opossums that come to eat the cat food at night. Although there have been Redfox sightings and Coyotes, but I have never seen that.


199 posted on 03/12/2006 5:56:06 AM PST by angcat
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To: Mini-14; rintense

Check out those fangs--he looks hungry!


200 posted on 03/12/2006 6:11:00 AM PST by MotleyGirl70 (Most cats are democrats - did you ever meet a creature with such an inborn sense of entitlement?)
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