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That's why you get your concealed weapons permit and shoot the darn thing when its snacking on your stupid left winged head by the way Mrs. fienstien and Mrs. Boxer the supreme anti gun ladies in california both have cocealed weapons permit
This sort of thing was absolutely guaranteed when the KalLege passed the no-lion-hunting legislation...
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I saw the interview of the two people that saved her this morning. One was the woman who was biking with her and the other was a guy who was riding close behind them on the trail.
I really commend their bravery, alot of folks these days would have just stood around and screamed while it killed her. I do hope that if I ever end up in a situation like that, my friends can come up with a better way to help me though.
The woman, grabbed the victims legs in a tug of war with the lion, who was dragging her away with her head in its mouth. It went 100 yards, so that apparently wasn't phasing it too much. Probably didn't help the woman's face being wrenched on twice as hard though.
And then the guy, threw what he called a boulder and hit the lion in the head. While the victims head was still in its mouth. Its a wonder he didn't knock her head in.
Like I said, you gotta respect their bravery and the fact that they did anything. I'll pray that I'm never in such a situation but that if I am someone around will have a gun or something to stop the damn lion.
I really commend their bravery, alot of folks these days would have just stood around and screamed while it killed her. I do hope that if I ever end up in a situation like that, my friends can come up with a better way to help me though.
The woman, grabbed the victims legs in a tug of war with the lion, who was dragging her away with her head in its mouth. It went 100 yards, so that apparently wasn't phasing it too much. Probably didn't help the woman's face being wrenched on twice as hard though.
And then the guy, threw what he called a boulder and hit the lion in the head. While the victims head was still in its mouth. Its a wonder he didn't knock her head in.
Like I said, you gotta respect their bravery and the fact that they did anything. I'll pray that I'm never in such a situation but that if I am someone around will have a gun or something to stop the damn lion.
Funny how this all works out. Down in SW Texas, we have quite a few lions. I'm regularly seeing tracks around my house; quite a few locals have seen lions wandering around. We apparently have mama lions as residents on several local mountains; they're regularly visited by Handsome Strangers--which makes for more lions.
We've had people whose cars have broken down in the back country and had to walk out, sometimes during the night. They've been followed by lions; they've heard lions scream at relatively close distances. Going back to their cars the next day, they've seen lion tracks over their own footprints. But, no attacks.
The only attacks we've had have been up in Big Bend National Park, where they are protected.
There's a message there, somewhere...
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We've had people whose cars have broken down in the back country and had to walk out, sometimes during the night. They've been followed by lions; they've heard lions scream at relatively close distances. Going back to their cars the next day, they've seen lion tracks over their own footprints. But, no attacks.
The only attacks we've had have been up in Big Bend National Park, where they are protected.
There's a message there, somewhere...
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I finished Kath Etling's "Cougar Attacks" the day before this happened.
About Cougars & Attacks:
- Idiots are always looking for some "reason" certain cats attack. Well, it's because they are meat eaters and we are meat. They can be starving or full and still eat you. I think they don't more often simply because they aren't sure about us and so aren't quite confident.
- They almost always go for the head. They are probably actually going for the neck, but we have a short neck and so the head will do just fine.
- They always go for the smallest person around. They've even grabbed a kid right from the middle of a group of adults and kids and bounded away.
- They can often be fought off. However, they won't run far away after fought off. They'll stay around and keep deciding on whether to attack again. They aren't very scared of us. If they seem to decide to leave, they might actually stalk to the side for a long way or even circle around and wait ahead of you.
- You can keep them from leaping on you by staring them down. You must stare right into their eyes and not break contact for even a second. For some weird reason this works. Maybe because they are programmed to jump on the unsuspecting or retreating. Turn and run and you're done for.
* Like all pests and such, the way to cut WAY back on human attacks and such is with regulated hunting. If we cleared away 30% of them wherever they are plentiful, there would almost never be an attack. That is how it used to be here in Calif. It's that last bump in population that does it. Immediately after the ban, there were 6 sightings around Chico including one downtown.
After reading all those cougar and bear attack books in the last two weeks, I'm going to always "carry" in the outback.
I highly recommend:
Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth.
Danger Stalks the Land. (Not bears, but by Kaniut whose bear books I also read).
Any bear book by Kaniut make a GREAT "bathroom" book or cabin book.
About Cougars & Attacks:
- Idiots are always looking for some "reason" certain cats attack. Well, it's because they are meat eaters and we are meat. They can be starving or full and still eat you. I think they don't more often simply because they aren't sure about us and so aren't quite confident.
- They almost always go for the head. They are probably actually going for the neck, but we have a short neck and so the head will do just fine.
- They always go for the smallest person around. They've even grabbed a kid right from the middle of a group of adults and kids and bounded away.
- They can often be fought off. However, they won't run far away after fought off. They'll stay around and keep deciding on whether to attack again. They aren't very scared of us. If they seem to decide to leave, they might actually stalk to the side for a long way or even circle around and wait ahead of you.
- You can keep them from leaping on you by staring them down. You must stare right into their eyes and not break contact for even a second. For some weird reason this works. Maybe because they are programmed to jump on the unsuspecting or retreating. Turn and run and you're done for.
* Like all pests and such, the way to cut WAY back on human attacks and such is with regulated hunting. If we cleared away 30% of them wherever they are plentiful, there would almost never be an attack. That is how it used to be here in Calif. It's that last bump in population that does it. Immediately after the ban, there were 6 sightings around Chico including one downtown.
After reading all those cougar and bear attack books in the last two weeks, I'm going to always "carry" in the outback.
I highly recommend:
Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth.
Danger Stalks the Land. (Not bears, but by Kaniut whose bear books I also read).
Any bear book by Kaniut make a GREAT "bathroom" book or cabin book.
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