Mountain Lion Attack
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XD94045
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This happened in my neck of the woods. The parents said that they did everything folks are told to do when encountering a mountain lion, they made themselves big, made noise, and the lion attacked them anyway.
HayesGreener
Ronin
A tragedy for sure. But why would these young adults be in lion and bear country unarmed?
Bassbob
Emissary
I know right. It reminds me of a story in our little county paper that came out yesterday. Some guy from STL with a record and recent convictions for burglary and drug use, hi-jacks a car and travels out to my county where he stops at a random house with someone out in the driveway and asks for help. They tell him to leave and when he won't they call 911. So the guy drives on, sees a lady playing with her kids in a front yard and stops and tells them he is the messiah and they better all go in for their protection. The lady grabs her kids, goes in, locks the door and barricades herself in a bedroom with the kids. The "Messiah" breaks out a window and climbs inside. Soon after a CPL in the county sheriff's office arrives and kicks the front door in and arrests the messiah without further incident.
This isn't an isolated incident either. In the same paper there's a story about some 20 something piece of crap, again from the city, who tracks down a 62 year old woman he had been having a relationship with. She broke it off when he fired a gun at her. He tracks her down at a Walmart in my rural county. An older guy she presumably knew drove her there. Inside the store this 20 something punk confronts her, breaks her cell phone and attempts to kidnap her all inside this store. She goes out to the car where the older guy who brought her is waiting for her and the young punk won't let her get in the car and lifts his shirt to display a pistol in his waistband. Old guy grabs a gun, still in it's holster and gets out of the car. The old guy doesn't unholster the gun or point it at the punk. At this point the punk starts walking backwards and shooting at them. Old lady just stands there covering up and the old man just inexplicably starts walking away. In the end the punk fires 8 rounds damaging some random cars but hits no one. US Marshalls and a county task force track him to a home up in the city and arrest him without further incident.
My point you ask ? How in the F can two different households have to cower in fear from a drugged out dude who thinks he's the messiah and not have a way to defend themselves and their children from this UNARMED, slightly built jagoff ? And the old lady at Walmart, WTF ? Besides the what the hell is she doing screwing around with some unhinged 23 year old dirtbag from the city, how in the hell can she be traveling with a legally armed male friend who clearly had the opportunity to check the situation before mr. dirtbag pulled his gun out of his waistband and the dude just walks away ? WTF is wrong with these people ?
An awful lot of folks today live in a fantasy world where nothing bad could ever happen to “me”. Nice fantasy I guess, but totally devoid of reality. Predators come in all sizes, shapes and leg configurations. Whether it’s a rabid skunk or a goblin with a tire iron either can place your life or that of your loved ones at risk with very little advance notice. Anyone who elects not to be prepared to defend themselves is a victim just waiting to be injured or killed. The old Boy Scout motto “Be Prepared” pretty much sums up a realistic approach to life.
bc22wm
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Five competitive cyclists – women in their 50s and 60s – met at the Tokul Creek trail north of Snoqualmie.
At the yellow gate before riding into the deep forest, the women took a group selfie. They had no premonition that 19 miles in, a young male cougar would attack one of them, and that they’d spend 45 minutes in a battle for their lives.
“Looking to my right, I saw the cougar’s face,” Bergere said. “It was just a split second, and he tackled me off my bike.”
Bergere and the cougar tumbled into a shallow ditch to the side of the trail. The animal sunk his teeth into Bergere’s jaw and pinned her face into the dirt.
“I thought my teeth were coming loose, and I was gonna swallow my teeth,” she said. “I could feel the bones crushing, and I could feel it tearing back.”
The cougar ripped an earring out of her ear, while maintaining a vice grip on her.
“I felt like it was suffocating me,” she said. “I could taste the blood in my mouth.”
t 12:52 p.m., Officer Chris Moszeter arrived.
Moszeter instructed some of the women to stay on the bike to keep the cat down. Then he shot the cougar between the shoulder blades.
The women would later say it was a heartbreaking moment. They are animal lovers;
Fantasy! Maybe the perfect word, or maybe just plain old fashion stupid. Every year people get stomped into pudding when they go to pat that "cow like" Buffalo, pester big old slow Bulwinkle, and get too close to that sweet little teddy bear. Same goes for thugs. They just need understanding, sympathy, counseling, a few more hugs....
And a .45Five competitive cyclists – women in their 50s and 60s – met at the Tokul Creek trail north of Snoqualmie.
At the yellow gate before riding into the deep forest, the women took a group selfie. They had no premonition that 19 miles in, a young male cougar would attack one of them, and that they’d spend 45 minutes in a battle for their lives.
“Looking to my right, I saw the cougar’s face,” Bergere said. “It was just a split second, and he tackled me off my bike.”
Bergere and the cougar tumbled into a shallow ditch to the side of the trail. The animal sunk his teeth into Bergere’s jaw and pinned her face into the dirt.
“I thought my teeth were coming loose, and I was gonna swallow my teeth,” she said. “I could feel the bones crushing, and I could feel it tearing back.”
The cougar ripped an earring out of her ear, while maintaining a vice grip on her.
“I felt like it was suffocating me,” she said. “I could taste the blood in my mouth.”
t 12:52 p.m., Officer Chris Moszeter arrived.
Moszeter instructed some of the women to stay on the bike to keep the cat down. Then he shot the cougar between the shoulder blades.
The women would later say it was a heartbreaking moment. They are animal lovers;
Fantasy! Maybe the perfect word, or maybe just plain old fashion stupid. Every year people get stomped into pudding when they go to pat that "cow like" Buffalo, pester big old slow Bulwinkle, and get too close to that sweet little teddy bear. Same goes for thugs. They just need understanding, sympathy, counseling, a few more hugs....
