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Colorado Runner Kills Mountain Lion with Bare Hands in Self-Defense
Ammoland ^ | 5 February, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 02/08/2019 4:23:35 AM PST by marktwain

Colorado Runner Kills Mountain Lion with Bare Hands in Self-Defense

Big cats are dangerous predators. They usually attack from ambush, without warning, often from behind. That happened to a runner in Colorado. But the runner was not listening to music on earbuds or headphones. He heard something. He started to turn around. He saw the lion launching itself at him.

Here is the initial report from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. From state.co.us:

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers, working with Larimer County Department of Natural Resources, are investigating a mountain lion attack on a trail runner using the West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space on Monday, Feb. 4. The victim was able to defend himself from the attack, resulting in the death of the juvenile mountain lion. The runner was then able to leave the open space property and get himself to a local hospital.

“Mountain lion attacks are not common in Colorado and it is unfortunate that the lion’s hunting instincts were triggered by the runner,” Ty Petersburg, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. “This could have had a very different outcome.”

The victim of the attack described hearing something behind him on the trail and was attacked by a mountain lion as he turned around to investigate. The lion lunged at the runner, biting his face and wrist. He was able to fight and break free from the lion, killing the lion in self-defense. The runner sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries as a result of the


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A few people have killed some of the smaller big cats with their hands.
1 posted on 02/08/2019 4:23:35 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I have found it is easy to use a quality firearm.

Then my hands.


2 posted on 02/08/2019 4:35:46 AM PST by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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To: marktwain

My gift too the writer:

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As sentences do not need to be limited to seven words, he should try a comma and a conjunctive occasionally.


3 posted on 02/08/2019 4:40:50 AM PST by keat
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To: marktwain

Chuck Norris?


4 posted on 02/08/2019 4:41:22 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

King David II.


5 posted on 02/08/2019 4:46:25 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: marktwain

Again? How many is that now?


6 posted on 02/08/2019 4:47:01 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

The article mentions two incidents in Africa where men killed leopards with their hands.


7 posted on 02/08/2019 5:01:16 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

I guarantee you it wasn’t the one in the linked picture.


8 posted on 02/08/2019 5:01:36 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: riverrunner

I have always had a hard time figuring out why anyone would be in the back country without a firearm. Oh well, never try to analyze insanity.


9 posted on 02/08/2019 5:04:43 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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the lion’s hunting instincts were triggered by the runner,” Ty Petersburg, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.

So, it was the runners fault. I expect there will be calls for hands to be banned in Colorado Parks.
10 posted on 02/08/2019 5:14:42 AM PST by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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I have always had a hard time figuring out why anyone would be in the back country without a firearm.

Firearms are bad. Mine are lazy, but some some other people have energetic assault guns that will just jump up and kill people when their owners aren't looking. I need to get one of those 12 gauge fully-automatic AK-47 pump-action Glock assault rifles - they're always taking the initiative.

11 posted on 02/08/2019 5:20:53 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: marktwain

I see that and think of cramming my fist down the throat to suffocate it.


12 posted on 02/08/2019 5:24:26 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: keat

I hope you do not teach grammar.


13 posted on 02/08/2019 5:32:08 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Mr Radical

Lions gotta eat.


14 posted on 02/08/2019 5:33:17 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: ConservativeMind

I read of an Eskimo woman that shoved her mittened hand down the throat of a polar bear.

Then she pulled her hand out, leaving the mitten in its throat.

It choked to death.

I do not have a source, but it sounded plausible.


15 posted on 02/08/2019 5:34:14 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: bramps

According to the local newspaper, the Coloradoan, a part of the USA Today network, the cat was less than a year old and weighed less than 100 pound. He suffocated it and then walked three miles down the trail to report it.

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/02/05/runner-suffocates-mountain-lion-death-after-attack-near-fort-collins/2776172002/

rwood


16 posted on 02/08/2019 5:47:42 AM PST by Redwood71
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To: TexasGator

You can get pointers here
http://www.engrish.com
Heheheee


17 posted on 02/08/2019 5:49:07 AM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: keat
My gift too the writer:

Points for spelling too?

18 posted on 02/08/2019 6:08:01 AM PST by paulcissa (Democrats want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: Mr Radical

It was his fault to the extent that he put himself in a potentially dangerous situation not well prepared.

Reminds me of feminists insisting on their “right” to walk around half naked in a neighborhood with lots of of young “vibrant” Muslims, and expecting to be unmolested.


19 posted on 02/08/2019 6:43:43 AM PST by aquila48
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To: marktwain

I was told that it was actually killed by RBG and She told the guy to take credit for the kill. Just keep your mouth shut and the people will believe it
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20 posted on 02/08/2019 7:46:41 AM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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