Posted on 10/04/2007 4:41:41 PM PDT by george76
A U.S. Border Patrol agent escaped a close encounter with one of the border's most dangerous characters. No, not an armed drug smuggler, but a mountain lion — that fierce predator at the top of the food chain.
The agent was on routine foot patrol Tuesday afternoon when he climbed down beneath a bridge into the Santa Cruz River bed east of Lochiel, about 65 miles southeast of Tucson.
It is likely that mountain lions that live in Mexico also roam north into the United States. Suddenly he found himself within about 8 feet of a mountain lion...
The lion charged the agent.
Fearing for his safety — mountain lions have attacked people in Arizona and killed people in California — the agent drew his gun and fired.
The cougar fled.
The agent, whose name the agency didn't release, emerged from the close encounter without a scratch...
Encounters with wild animals aren't unheard of for agents who spend a lot of time alone in remote areas...
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
The big cats usually don’t attack humans. This one must have discovered that humans are easy prey... maybe from struggling/dying illegal alien immigrants in the wastelands?
That is the worst “Headline of the day”.
Well I'll be, I didn't know that!
I am waiting for the jokes :
worst “Headline of the day”.
Poor Border Patrol dude will probably get thrown into prison for shooting at a protected species....heck, that’s as bad as shooting a drug dealer in the ass.
“It is likely that mountain lions that live in Mexico also roam north into the United States. The Santa Cruz riverbed is one of their travel corridors.”
Great, now we have illegal alien mountain lions coming over the border to eat the people that American mountain lions won’t eat!
It's especially rare for them to attack with firearms.
"You don't know what was going through the lion's mind," he said, "but I'm sure there was some concern there, too."
Since it ran, that's reasonable, but the cougars next thought was likely removing the agent's throat or crushing his skull.
The cougar dodged the bullet.
Talk about poor use of a metaphor.
The cougar had a gun??
Must have been a frightening experience! Glad no one was hurt, including the Cougar. Magnificent animal.
John Mellencamp??????
Grand Jury indictment to follow.
“The agent was on routine foot patrol Tuesday afternoon when he climbed down beneath a bridge into the Santa Cruz River bed east of Lochiel, about 65 miles southeast of Tucson.
It is likely that mountain lions that live in Mexico also roam north into the United States. Suddenly he found himself within about 8 feet of a mountain lion... “
The guy bothered the mountain lion at rest. He did not mean to, but he did. Give the lion a friggin break. He was sleeping.
Ha! Just think what would’ve happend to the poor guy if he hit the cougar in the a$$!
lol
illegal alien mountain lions coming over the border to eat the people that American mountain lions won’t eat!
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