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Vinca

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21. And then they set up camp in the woods??? Yike!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:31 PM

Aug 2017

I'd be checking into the nearest motel. LOL. Beautiful animal though.

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Heart-stopping mountain lion encounter caught on video [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2017 OP

What a beautiful beast! sandensea Aug 2017 #1

Nice video! burrowowl Aug 2017 #2

Thanks for the video .. Hieronymus Aug 2017 #3

Beautiful. I've seen bears hiking. Exciting & scary. Alice11111 Aug 2017 #4

Does a bear hike walking upright or on all fours? (I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.) eom Demoiselle Aug 2017 #23

Ok...you get that one. Alice11111 Aug 2017 #32

Five star animal, Darwin Award humans Cicada Aug 2017 #5

the hunters become the hunted. Things can change every quickly. TeamPooka Aug 2017 #8

Healthy looking cat pfitz59 Aug 2017 #6

Beautiful creature. SergeStorms Aug 2017 #7

I think I can tell the exact moment in the video when they shat themselves. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #9

Nature is amazing. Towards the end the protective coloration of the cat made him... brush Aug 2017 #10

I gather that this isn't one of those belly-rubs-are-ok cats? Orrex Aug 2017 #11

You could try a belly-rub. Kitteh might like it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #27

Hello kitty Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #12

Once in the 70s I was camping out in Yellowstone Park, Stuart G Aug 2017 #13

Idiots. Why follow it? sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #14

That cat has probably watched dozens or even hundreds of hikers from that perch. Coventina Aug 2017 #15

Gorgeous. And smart instincts on the part of the backpackers. byronius Aug 2017 #16

The cat behaved in exemplary fashion Bayard Aug 2017 #17

next up: man swims after school of piranha nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #18

Several years ago I was hiking alone in the Rincon Mountains east of Tucson. panader0 Aug 2017 #19

Shouldn't they have made a bunch of noise? LeftInTX Aug 2017 #20

And then they set up camp in the woods??? Yike! Vinca Aug 2017 #21

Camping is probably pretty safe from mountain lions Bradical79 Aug 2017 #24

that cat is gorgeous Skittles Aug 2017 #22

Yeah Bradical79 Aug 2017 #25

it's like I aways say about people doing really stupid things Skittles Aug 2017 #29

I think I heard one of them say something like, "What should we do?" when they rounded the bend eleny Aug 2017 #26

Clever kitty to immediately climb up above where he could pounce at will. Kablooie Aug 2017 #28

My cat does that to me all the time. jpak Aug 2017 #30

Nothing to be skeert of... Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #31

Interesting how the big cat sat next to a tree the same color Merlot Aug 2017 #33