Mountain Lion Attack in Divide

[BushMasterBoy]

lion attacks

[cebeu]

Every night and during dawn / dusk hours when I or the lady take out the bait (a Beagle and a Beagle Golden mix) we make our presence known audibly, do a visual, scan broadly with a light and I have a weapon at-the-ready, more often than not a .357. I don't fear an attack but...we're very concious of the fact that we live in their domain and we take the slim risk seriously.

I see a lot wild-life up in the hills where I live but not a cat yet. That said; I "know they are here" (the evidence persists), I just don't see em'. That's the freaky part for me...dumbass human thinkin' "I'm loud, I'm lit up and I'm armed"...yet I've always wondered how many times a cat is just sittin' within feet of my position "laughing his cat-ass off" at my vulnerability.

[hip55]

[TFOGGER]

The comments are priceless...

Posted by: Gloria Location: springs on Oct 19, 2010 at 09:30 AM
those dont even look like a minor mountain lion attack! maybe she is a cutter and got caught and now claims she was attacked...she should of never been at location on first place if car is acting up she should of gone to nearest gast station..and another point animals dont attack unless they feel threat so most likely she approached the cat trying to pet the poor cat

Jeeezus, Gloria....just go back to New Jersey, or whatever other eastern shithole you crawled out of.....

[Irving]

Gives all Gloria's a bad name. I assure everyone that poster wasn't my Gloria.

[Byte Stryke]

Comments = too funny
yet another reason I Carry Big when I go into their neighborhood.

[Colorado Osprey]

Mountain lion attacks person in Divide.


http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/T...105231173.html

Lions, Tigers and Bears.... ok, maybe not tigers, but anyone living in Divide knows that Lions and Bears are a way of life. They are everywhere. The trick is NOT seeing one at least either one once a month in your yard.... then followed by deer and elk. Now if you live at the corner of 67 and 24, you may not have the same issue as those that live a couple of miles away.

I used to be LEO and used to watch a mountain lion come into Woodland Park every night and go through the trash at a laundry mat. We just used to watch to make sure it didn't interact with the public. Since it usually came to town between 3-4am most residents never knew it even happened.

I learned through that experience and in dealing with the DOW that you will never see a cat unless they want you to see them, but they are everywhere in the mountains.

[Fentonite]

There's a good book called The Beast in the Garden about a deadly mountain lion attack here in Colorado, and how people are largely to blame for such attacks. Good read. It'll definitely make you more aware when in a cat's territory.

[BigBear]

Oh man, memories!! Last year the wife and I were hiking and we saw a cat. It was creepy. Just sitting on a boulder sunning itself I guess, but it's eyes never left us. Needless to say, we ended the hike early and told the PR's.

[Mtn.man]

Cats are cool. But gotta always be aware no matter what time of day.