Colorado Runner Kills Mountain Lion In Self-Defense

[Keith A]

Did you guys see this one? It's amazing that he even survived...

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/69152...n-self-defense

[2LeftCleats]

I would change my running route as well as my shorts.

[Lewis Moon]

I used to boulder in Horsetooth 3 days a week back in the '80s.

[Bentley]

Honestly I found that hard to believe. I mean getting your hands around the neck of a mountain lion, that is scratching and clawing while you are trying to get hands around the neck? I have to hand it to that guy. I assume he must have had his body on the lion to mitigate the scratching and clawing. Personally, not sure I could have had the clarity of mind to do that. Flat our AMAZING.

Ray

[nmrt]

It was a 80 lb mtn lion.
I could totally suffocate it for sure. yeah...of course I could do it.
seriously.

[Tony]

Suffocating an 80 lbs cat, really hard to believe. This guy is Samson!

[quickfeet]

I’ve encountered a mtn lion in the wild only once and it was bar none the most terrified I’ve been in my life. The crazy thing is I was just standing in a field that I’ve been in hundreds of times and the hair on my neck stood up all of a sudden. I whipped around to see the lion stalking away from me at a pretty good clip but he was completely silent. No idea what instinct caused me to get my guard up but jeebus.

I got the heck out of there in a hurry though.

[Jaybee]

The runner heard something, turned around, cat bit him in the face. He picked up a rock and hit the lion, then was able to get on the lion's back and suffocate it by headlock. Puncture wounds to his face, arms, torso, released from hospital.

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[Johnnysmooth]

Originally Posted by quickfeet

I’ve encountered a mtn lion in the wild only once and it was bar none the most terrified I’ve been in my life. The crazy thing is I was just standing in a field that I’ve been in hundreds of times and the hair on my neck stood up all of a sudden. I whipped around to see the lion stalking away from me at a pretty good clip but he was completely silent. No idea what instinct caused me to get my guard up but jeebus.

I got the heck out of there in a hurry though.

similar experience but in Florida. Had crossed over a fence, felt something watching me, turnaround and there he was, on the other side of the fence. Not sure if he was following me or not, but he just stared at me as he slowly walked down the fence line and disappeared in the tall grasses.

Adrenalin was on hyperdrive

[RFC]

I like this one.

Grandma strangles a rabid Bobcat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwpHSKHyEWQ&t=26s

[vincenz]

Wow either him or it at that point. Good for him.

[Bentley]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

The runner heard something, turned around, cat bit him in the face. He picked up a rock and hit the lion, then was able to get on the lion's back and suffocate it by headlock. Puncture wounds to his face, arms, torso, released from hospital.

link

Ok, this makes more sense. Honestly choking an animal to death that is fighting you cannot be "easy", I mess with my bulldog and he gives me a bad time so hitting it over the head at least makes it a possibility

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by RFC

I like this one.

Grandma strangles a rabid Bobcat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwpHSKHyEWQ&t=26s

My Grandmother once used a 5ft diamondback as a bullwhip to kill it. We are it for dinner that night.

[Nomadmax]

That's an incredible story, good job on not giving up.

[Lewis Moon]

A woman was running on Granite Mountain up in Prescott when she got bit by a fox, she somehow grabbed it, ran all the way out to her car, shut it in the trunk and drove to the hospital so she could have it checked for rabies.

It had rabies.