[Tax-chick]

She had just eased into in the hot tub a little after 7 a.m. on the deck of her Spring Street home when she heard some rustling beside her. There was a mountain lion, crouching less than a foot away.

I hate when that happens.

[444Flyer]

Cougar alert!!!

[beckaz]

Where are the pics?

[JustaDumbBlonde]

The cat was obviously glad to get the heck out of dodge and intended the woman no harm.

[GoLightly]

There was a mountain lion, crouching less than a foot away.

Waiting for dinner to get fully cooked?

[Leisler]

I bet she afterwords she had to call Carl Spackler for asile 2 clean up.

[Son Of The Godfather]

...And she immediately broke the “no peeing in the hottub” rule.

[Condor51]

Todd said. "We locked eyes, and it kicked off of the hot tub and ran away. When it jumped, it flipped my robe into the hot tub."

Sure lady, we've that one before.

An aside, without pictures this thread is worthless :-)

[samtheman]

"I now know what a goldfish feels like in a bowl when the cat is looking at it."

Scary.

[RichInOC]

No! Bad kitty!

[Wacka]

They are everywhere. I live in Dublin, CA a city of 45K which is just over the hills from the SF Bay. We have mountain lions sighted at least once a year in town. One was hit by a car two miles from my house.
The town south of here, Pleasanton had a city of 65K, had one right in the downtown area at 10 AM on a weekday morning. It had to be shot because it wasn’t heading back to the hills.
In Livermore, A the home of the Lawrence Livermore lab, the moonbats every Good Friday do a sit in at the main gate and get arrested. One year, a cop was putting out cones to block off the street. he looks up and sees a mountain lion 10 feet away! It ran and laid being the sign to the lab and stayed there while the moonbats did their thing(they didn’t seem to care that a cougar was watching them). After it was over, the cops shot it because they couldn’t get a good shot with a tranquilizer gun. They found out it had been hit by a car.

Even in San Jose, the 10th most populous city in the country, There have been two cougars in the last year or so.

[El Gato]

According to the Weather Bureau, the temperature in Deadwood at 8:54 AM Thursday morning was 19 degrees. Probably a bit cooler at 7:00, since by 9:54 it had risen to a nice toasty 20. Wind was 12 mph out of the Southeast. Yielding a wind chill index of 6.

I think the cat just wanted to get warm. :)

[WorkingClassFilth]

Well, there you go. In a high-moisture environment, a stainless wheel gun loaded with sealed primer ammo might have solved that problem handily. Always remember to keep your heater handy in every situation and to obey the rule of the 3-S’s.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Todd said her husband was not home at the time, and she doesn't plan to go near the hot tub without a companion.

She should keep the companion in reach at the side of the hot tub. As in: "Say hello to my little companion!"

[cubreporter]

Todd immediately cut short her soak and wrapped herself in her wet robe, slipped on her shoes, secured the lid on the hot tub and went inside her house.

WOW...she sure did a heck of a lot more than I would have. I would have run into the house period.

[Slings and Arrows]

[2111USMC]

She should of yelled out for Sheriff Seth Bullock.

Heck, even Al Swearengen would probably have helped get rid of the beast.

[DancesWithCats]

... and what did she expect the police to do? Did she think the cat was still hanging around? Maybe he left to go get the oyster crackers and would be right back.