Go away little kitty!

[JimDandy]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cougar-attack-seattle-mountain-bikers-1.4671280

What I find ironic in this story is that if the 2nd man, instead of running away, had picked up his bike and used it to scare off the cat, both men would likely have lived. But by running off, assuming he did not do so purposely to provide a new target for the cat, was both cowardly and in the end caused his own death. Of course the first man could have also tried to save the 2nd man with his bike instead of riding away to call 911, but he likely thought, well the other guy did not try to help me, so why risk my life saving his? Also, the first man may have been seriously injured, though obviously not seriously enough to prevent him from riding away.

I should probably add that I would like to think I would not have run off if I had been in either man's shoes, but who really knows until it happens to them. Hopefully I never get to find out.

JD

 

[badbadboy]

That's terrible. Who knows what would have happened in this scenario if they had done everything right. Both live, both die or just like the story says.

I had to look it up to refresh my memory about Cougars.

It's never wise to try to escape a bear or a cougar. They can run a hell of a lot faster even if you are on a bike.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/cougsf.htm

If you meet a cougar:

Never approach a cougar. Although cougars will normally avoid a confrontation, all cougars are unpredictable. Cougars feeding on a kill may be dangerous.
Always give a cougar an avenue of escape.
Stay calm. Talk to the cougar in a confident voice.
Pick all children up off the ground immediately. Children frighten easily and their rapid movements may provoke an attack.
Do not run. Try to back away from the cougar slowly. Sudden movement or flight may trigger an instinctive attack.
Do not turn your back on the cougar. Face the cougar and remain upright.
Do all you can to enlarge your image. Don't crouch down or try to hide. Pick up sticks or branches and wave them about.

 

[Uncled]

I was living on Vancouver Island when this attack occurred. A tough old geezer killed an attacking cougar with a pocket knife. True grit.


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-man-survives-cougar-attack/article25302522/

 

[sybian]

I live with them , and see one almost every two weeks....I'm not sure how many I've been forced to destroy, but the last one was in July, and I remember it well.
He was young and hanging around my yard, I blasted my truck horn, walked in the house, reached above my front door for my gun....as I was loading it, he walked right up to my house, ignored my yelling ,and barking dogs....that one didn't get a warning shot.
In my experience...and I've had a lot of it with them....any loud metallic noise, like banging a garbage can lid, or banging two rocks together, will break their predatory response.
They are creatures of opportunity, they normally don't jump from a tree while attacking but will hit the ground first, to control the attack better and avoid injuring themselves......if you see one in the trail looking at you....advance towards it, making as much noise as possible, using the resources around you to produce as much noise as you can.
If it has kitten spots on its belly....even if it's 100 pounds....its sibling might be behind you, or beside you hidden away.
If you find one on top of you....and are unarmed....avoid it's back feet that are trying to disembowel your belly...reach for its eye with your thumb, forcing your nail between its eyelids....and dig in, and pop it out into your hand
That of course is a last resort.....BBB's advice is spot on.....I don't ever go into the high country unarmed....ever.
They are ghosts in the darkness, and will avoid humans , until they have a bad day, or don't recognize humans as a danger, but instead ,view us as prey.

 

[sybian]

I live with them , and see one almost every two weeks....I'm not sure how many I've been forced to destroy, but the last one was in July, and I remember it well.
He was young and hanging around my yard, I blasted my truck horn, walked in the house, reached above my front door for my gun....as I was loading it, he walked right up to my house, ignored my yelling ,and barking dogs....that one didn't get a warning shot.
In my experience...and I've had a lot of it with them....any loud metallic noise, like banging a garbage can lid, or banging two rocks together, will break their predatory response.
They are creatures of opportunity, they normally don't jump from a tree while attacking but will hit the ground first, to control the attack better and avoid injuring themselves......if you see one in the trail looking at you....advance towards it, making as much noise as possible, using the resources around you to produce as much noise as you can.
If it has kitten spots on its belly....even if it's 100 pounds....its sibling might be behind you, or beside you hidden away.
If you find one on top of you....and are unarmed....avoid it's back feet that are trying to disembowel your belly...reach for its eye with your thumb, forcing your nail between its eyelids....and dig in, and pop it out into your hand
That of course is a last resort.....BBB's advice is spot on.....I don't ever go into the high country unarmed....ever.
They are ghosts in the darkness, and will avoid humans , until they have a bad day, or don't recognize humans as a danger, but instead ,view us as prey.

I'd also like to add that the only reason a few dogs can tree and keep a lion there is because of their barking.....if they stop barking, the cat will come down from the tree and kill the dogs.
They hate loud noise.....if you manage to put an extra hole in them with a weapon, they will bleed out very fast, unlike a bear. Their heart and circulatory system works very fast....and sorry for the graphic comments in the last two posts.
I realize there are some here ,that may not be used to that kinda talk.