You have cougars? What is the lib infested DNR? (Do Not Resuscitate??)
We have bears but I’m not so afraid of them, since they are omnivores rather than just carnivores. I’ve seen a lot of bear scat on our property and seen bears a few times. Never saw a cougar but smelled ‘em, seen their tracks and scat and heard them screech a couple of times. Shudder. We don’t have wolves (yet) in this part of OR, but I think they’re now in Eastern OR.
Dept. of Natural Resources.
[though I’d prefer your version]
We have black bears.
Sometimes, just for kicks, they attack people.
“Playing dead” just makes their job easier.
They say we have no cougars BUT all the posted signs with 24/7 call lines for sightings *and* warnings of $10K fines/felony charges for “molesting” them seem to back up the sightings the locals report.
This is MD.
It’s not called the Freak State for nothin’.
I don’t go up on the ridge without a big dog and big gun.
[you ever skin out a deer with a knife in one hand, a .45 in the other and keep watch on the dark woods, all at the same time? not very relaxing]