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2 Responses to “Should You Run or Freeze When You See a Mountain Lion?”
I’ve spent some time in Kenya & spoken to many trackers & safari leaders, all would say. Avoid eye contact, avoid running, turn at slight angle to cat & step slowly away.
When I lived in Scotland, in Paisley, I saw a mountain lion from my upstairs window in the back yard. On another occasion, months later in the summer, I found a lynx kitten attacking the pet cats in the yard and had to rescue my cat. I only just managed to lock the security door before the mother started hammering it. Another resident also saw it, alerted by his barking dog. From upstairs, I caught sight of the back of the lynx mother in motion, but that’s all. I didn’t have a video camera and our ordinary camera was broken at the time. It was quite terrifying. I tried to report it to the police, who weren’t interested. I then contacted the Cat Rescue People there, who said lots of others had reported big cats and that the authorities knew, but did nothing.
May 17, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I’ve spent some time in Kenya & spoken to many trackers & safari leaders, all would say. Avoid eye contact, avoid running, turn at slight angle to cat & step slowly away.
July 29, 2009 at 2:26 pm
When I lived in Scotland, in Paisley, I saw a mountain lion from my upstairs window in the back yard. On another occasion, months later in the summer, I found a lynx kitten attacking the pet cats in the yard and had to rescue my cat. I only just managed to lock the security door before the mother started hammering it. Another resident also saw it, alerted by his barking dog. From upstairs, I caught sight of the back of the lynx mother in motion, but that’s all. I didn’t have a video camera and our ordinary camera was broken at the time. It was quite terrifying. I tried to report it to the police, who weren’t interested. I then contacted the Cat Rescue People there, who said lots of others had reported big cats and that the authorities knew, but did nothing.