Posted on 07/04/2012 9:45:50 PM PDT by george76
NEVADA CITY, Calif. - A mountain lion attacked a 63-year-old man camping northwest of Nevada City.
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the man decided to stop and sleep for the night while on the planned hiking trip, and laid a sleeping bag out on a tributary to the Yuba River.
The man told officials that during the attack, the mountain lion bit and clawed him through the sleeping bag.
The animal bit into the man's cap and his clothes.
"The lion immediately began a ferocious attack. It bit him into his head. It bit him on the hands," said Patrick Foy, of the Department of Fish and Game.
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There is a reason why early settlers killed grizzlies, pumas and so forth.
I love the comments following the article.....
Whiskers gets into the bath salts and the zombie saltocalypse takes another shocking turn.
You made my day!
I had a bear attack me in a similar fashion, the SOB stole my truck and waved to me as he drove by. Had a 10 mile walk to the hospital. Robbed a bank with my license plate the next day. Week later they called me a one armed fugitive and had a TV series about me........Never did find that bear that killed my wife.......
A very big mountain lion up crossed the road near my place in the foothills last April. Several others have seen it also. It is an expected visitor just like the deer, bears, rattlesnakes and raccoon that come to the creek in that area. It is a part of life in the mountains.
Those that can’t handle it need to go back to the big city where they belong. Up there we call ‘em flatlanders.
Once, while hunting quail in the coastal California foothills, I had camped in a campground that had a spring and water trough in it.
At night, while sleeping in a tent with my brace of pointers, I was awoken by a herd of deer that came by my tent on it’s way to the spring at the other end of the campground. A few minuets passed, and I awoke again feeling a “presence.”
There, in the enterance to my tent, stood a lion sniffing at the interior. Even though I had a handfull of a 1911 Goverment Model, I was releaved when the lion decided to move on and go after the deer. That’s one close encounter that I am glad to have avoided.
I’ve camped and hunted that area for many years and have seen/encountered only that one lion....though I’m sure that they have seen me and the dogs many times.....
Interestingly enough I have seen way more lions and/or bears while fishing than when I’m hunting. When you think about it that makes sense. Animals don’t view a fisherman, wading in a stream waving a stick, as a very threatening object, while an obviously in the hunt upland nimrod appears threatening.
One of my best friends passed away last week. He was 83. He was a Korean war vet. He never, ever slept again without a loaded 1911 under his pillow; never had a desire to "go camping" again either. Since he owned a gunshop, he did like to hunt from his home though and still liked throwing his own explosives at certain "individuals". I like legal hunting too.
Large meat eating predators.
Protect them by law, allow no hunting, attribute human emotions to them, believe Walt Disney films are factual, do not instill fear of humans in them, and you will be on their menu as easy prey.
Predators, to include two legged ones, they will either run from, or, at you, the choice is yours.
Don’t wake up in a ditch bump.
This didn’t make sense to me until I read that the dumbass was from Marin County!
Somebody needs to get their figures straight! As new attacks occur, the total number of attacks looks like it is DECREASING.
California has had 15 confirmed mountain lion attacks since 1890, including this most recent one. Of 17 victims, 11 have survived. Current story
Still, mountain lion attacks on humans are rare. Only 16 verified attacks have occurred in California since 1890. Six were fatal. Jim Hamm’s attack is the most recent. (Hamm’s attack occurred in 2007) http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Couple-s-lesson-in-survival-from-07-cougar-attack-3658073.php
I work within a few miles of the location of the attack. Every few
years a state trapper is called in to kill a lion feasting on livestock.
One year a lion took down a full grown llama. Years ago at nearby
Englebright Dam a turkey hunter hiding in the brush and calling
in toms was mauled by a lion. For as many bears, lions, and
flatlanders that are around here these days you would think there
would be a lot more incidents.
I work within a few miles of the location of the attack. Every few
years a state trapper is called in to kill a lion feasting on livestock.
One year a lion took down a full grown llama. Years ago at nearby
Englebright Dam a turkey hunter hiding in the brush and calling
in toms was mauled by a lion. For as many bears, lions, and
flatlanders that are around here these days you would think there
would be a lot more incidents.
Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope the 1911 wasn’t buried with him.
And that is why I carry when I hike....
Knife evens the odds...If it was legal to carry a gun there wouldn’t be an issue....
‘..the mountain lion bit and clawed him through the sleeping bag.”
Somebody needs to market a Kevlar-lined sleeping bag for times like this. I know I’d feel better sleeping in a somewhat protective ‘coccoon’ while in the back country.
Lots of other uses coming to mind as I think about this.
I see no mention of the man shooting the cat. I must conclude that this guy went camping unarmed in an area where dangerous four legged predators exist. Maybe he learned his lesson. Or maybe not.
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