Posted on 12/29/2008 5:54:20 PM PST by george76
Colorado Division of Wildlife officers are searching the Boulder area for a mountain lion that grabbed a couple's Jack Russell Terrier late Christmas Eve outside their home ...
The owner had stepped outside with the small dog about 11 p.m. to take some garbage to the alley and told wildlife officers that she "got a creepy feeling," division spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said.
The woman ran back indoors, Churchill said, and accidentally left her dog outside. When the woman realized her pet wasn't with her, she got in her car, where she felt safer, and drove back into the alley with her lights on.
"When she drove into the alley, she saw the lion standing there with the dog in its mouth," Churchill said. "She honked her horn and flashed the lights."
But the lion ran through neighboring yards with the dog still in its jaws...
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I was in Boulder last Friday and had that “creepy feeling” I was worried my truck might be vandalized because of my bumper sticker.
I felt I was in the twilight zone.
Boulder backs up to the foothills and anyone should be careful. My friends in Franktown have 10 acres and never let their kids play outside without their two labs with them. Even when on their dirt bikes or ATVs the dogs go with them.
You can never be too careful especially when there are mountain lions that are known to pass through.
That ML might have attacked that woman if the dog was not there.
I live SW of Boulder and have had more problems with black bears and boulder hippies than mountain lions. In my opinion, you should be prepared to effectively shoot any of these if the situation warrants.
Jack Russell Terriers are the greatest dogs in the world. Poor baby.
Same goes for bears.
And blow a good smelly phart when you get back. Those poor dogs will run down that hill with their tongues hanging out and their tails between they're legs faster than you can smell your own phart. And the are already 300 feet from you.
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