What got me was he has lived there 40 years and it was the first one he had seen. He just hasn’t been looking.
In Az, My Brother was wigged out because everyone in the backwoods carried a firearm.
“what do they need those for”? he protested.
I said “Jr.. you ever seen a Mountain lion in the wild?”
He said “No”
I said “well they have seen you”
I've lived here my whole life. I've walked, driven and ridden horseback through thousands of miles of Arizona backcountry, and slept on the ground for more nights than most people have spent in hotels. And I've never seen a lion.
I did hear one once, while camped near Crown King. Very scary sound. Like an opera singer being tortured with vice-grip pliers.
-ccm