A cougar attacked them. They fought back for 45 harrowing minutes

[redir]

Holy freakin' shmolly! All I can say is these women are serious bad asses. And also that I need a $6,000 dollar bike!

But seriously, dang! You gotta read this story.

Don't click if you are squeamish.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-...m_term=nprnews

[tuxbailey]

Just read that and I was going to post it. Pretty amazing.

[jkbrwn]

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showt...=mountain+lion

[redir]

Ah! I even did a search for 'cougar' to see if the story was already posted. I guess a mountain lion is the same thing. We aint got them in the Appalachians.

Looks like this story got revitalized on social media.

[KJMUNC]

Originally Posted by redir

We aint got them in the Appalachians..

Uhh, think again.....you definitely have them in the Appalachian mountains. They might be rare, but they do exist.

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by KJMUNC

Uhh, think again.....you definitely have them in the Appalachian mountains. They might be rare, but they do exist.

Yep, I certainly can tell the difference from a Mountain Lion and a Bobcat. Summer of 1982 up in the mountain above Endless Caverns and farther north but before RT 211. Both Rambler (my horse) and I saw that sucker and had heard it the night before and it freaked me out. It was coming off on one of the loose boulder areas that we were skirting around as it was too loose to take Rambler across. Got a nice long look. Surprised because there were talks of them being seen farther west along the WV border of the county. This mountain ridge is more isolated with I-81 and RT 11 on one side and RT 340 on the other. Still it's a vast chunk of land as I could go up there for days riding in the summer and see no one.

[KJMUNC]

Originally Posted by jamesdak

Yep, I certainly can tell the difference from a Mountain Lion and a Bobcat. Summer of 1982 up in the mountain above Endless Caverns and farther north but before RT 211. Both Rambler (my horse) and I saw that sucker and had heard it the night before and it freaked me out. It was coming off on one of the loose boulder areas that we were skirting around as it was too loose to take Rambler across. Got a nice long look. Surprised because there were talks of them being seen farther west along the WV border of the county. This mountain ridge is more isolated with I-81 and RT 11 on one side and RT 340 on the other. Still it's a vast chunk of land as I could go up there for days riding in the summer and see no one.

Yup, lots of stories/sightings, but for some reason the wildlife folks always seem to say they're "just likely juveniles moving through and not a breeding population." May be 100% true, but whether it's part of a breeding population or not, they still gotta eat!

My son ran across one a few weeks ago while riding his MTB less than 2 miles from our house here in SD. We know they're further east in the Ramona area, but there aren't supposed to be any as far west as we are....yet they happen. Heck, one was walking around downtown Oceanside last week! Crazy adaptive animals....and yes, the sound is spine chilling. Heard it once while backpacking at Philmont when I as 15 and still freaks me out.

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by KJMUNC

Yup, lots of stories/sightings, but for some reason the wildlife folks always seem to say they're "just likely juveniles moving through and not a breeding population." May be 100% true, but whether it's part of a breeding population or not, they still gotta eat!

My son ran across one a few weeks ago while riding his MTB less than 2 miles from our house here in SD. We know they're further east in the Ramona area, but there aren't supposed to be any as far west as we are....yet they happen. Heck, one was walking around downtown Oceanside last week! Crazy adaptive animals....and yes, the sound is spine chilling. Heard it once while backpacking at Philmont when I as 15 and still freaks me out.

If you hear or see them...they aren't stalking you!

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by Ozz

If you hear or see them...they aren't stalking you!

So what you're saying is, if you can't detect that there's a cougar nearby, that's when you have to be terrified!

[redir]

There are rumor's of them being here but my Prof wife in the Forestry/Bio Engineering dept. worked with a lot of people who genuinely want to find them here but so far have no evidence. Of course that doesn't mean that it's impossible.

We had seen some Bob's when we lived on the farm. Their screams are haunting to say the least.

We officially have Armadillos here though which is interesting.

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by redir

There are rumor's of them being here but my Prof wife in the Forestry/Bio Engineering dept. worked with a lot of people who genuinely want to find them here but so far have no evidence. Of course that doesn't mean that it's impossible.

We had seen some Bob's when we lived on the farm. Their screams are haunting to say the least.

We officially have Armadillos here though which is interesting.

Armadillo's were not around when I was growing up there but then neither were coyotes. Funny thing is the mountain lions are out here in Utah where I live and do wildlife photograph and I've yet to spot one fully to take pictures. Caught one tail going around a boulder one, found a deer carcass in a tree about a mile from my house, and saw two crossing the road in front of me in the same area as the carcass going to work. It was dark and no chance to even use the cellphone camera. I feel like I'll get a shot of Bigfoot before I ever do a cat, LOL!

[dave thompson]

My wife and I saw a TV report on the cougar attack. Her comment was "That's some serious badassery!" Certainly.

[bironi]

I'm definitely a cat lover from my childhood.
One of the first documentary's I saw was about Jaguars.
I was hooked on their stealth and sleek movements and their beauty.
I'd be good with a quick jugular chomp unexpectant on a pleasant trail.
I would have no interest in a maiming slow suffering death.
But we do not get to make those particular choices.

Is there an emoji of an oversized raised, coal rolling diesel truck rolling over that stupid dancing banana?

I'll take a dozen!

[Bruce K]

I saw a Florida Panther years ago while riding on Sanibel Island, FL

I first thought it was a large dog but realized as I got closer that it wasn’t

I spoke with the PD and they confirmed there were 2 or 3 known to be out there. I am sure between time, humans, hurricanes, and floods that they must be gone from there now

BK

[rothwem]

Kind of a wild story. Is anyone else surprised that the animal tried to take on FIVE people? I wonder if the lady that was attacked was falling off the back, looking like a straggler. Note to self—don’t get dropped on the group ride!!

It sounds like she got super lucky and the cougar missed her neck which is what he was really going for. I’m surprised it held on and didn’t try to readjust—when dogs attack they typically keep readjusting the bite and that makes it hard to counter their moves. If this is how cougars fight, I think I’d rather take one of them on over a similarly sized dog.

Not that I’d want either though.