Heart-stopping mountain lion encounter caught on video [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Scott Smith and Alina Hartounian, Associated Press
Updated 11:24 pm, Monday, August 7, 2017


FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A nerve-rattling encounter with a mountain lion started with a fleeting glimpse of the big cat's tail on a High Sierra trail in California's wilderness.

Brian McKinney didn't believe it was a puma that his hiking partner Sam Vonderheide had seen, so he got out his phone and hit record as they followed the lithe creature.

The hikers slowly rounded a turn to see it peering down on them from a rocky perch just feet away.

Its ears were perked up, head cocked and eyes locked on them.



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