Posted on 09/13/2012 4:41:33 PM PDT by george76
Fearing for his life, a 38-year-old Vancouver Island man says he ran from the fangs and claws of a ravenous cougar and scaled a hefty piece of construction equipment in a desperate bid to escape.
With his pants shredded by the cougar's jaws and a shoe lost along the way thanks to a swipe from the animal's claws, John Frank Jr. said he climbed a locked-up excavator's boom and called for help on his radio.
The community of Ahousat, B.C., located north of Tofino, B.C., on the island's west coast, responded to Tuesday's attack, with some residents arriving on scene in their trucks, scaring the cougar away
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"The cougar wanted to eat me as a meal. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm lucky to be alive today. God was on my side that day."
The incident, the latest cougar attack to hit the province
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...
Travel agent, get me a ticket to Vancouver Island, PDQ!
I thought cougars preferred to tear the pants off men in their 20’s...
Mr. Almost Lunch couldn’t carry a handgun because of Canadian Libtards having turned Canada into Canuckistan.
Know Handguns - Know Peace.
No Handguns - No Peace.
But, those with no handgun can know what it is to be ‘guest of honor’ at the Beast Feast.
Yah know... I'm always a little uneasy when people use an expression of what God wanted that day... Seems to me if God were really on his side he might've put the cougar on the other side of the island that day. I'm just sayin'. :-)
Screw ‘em...just hide that hand gun away in a satchel or whatever.
I remember seeing a lot of cougars on Culebra.
As both hunting and fishing are better in Alaska, why bother with Canuckistan and its hoplophobia?
Is Canada in India now?/s/
Oh, that kind of cougar......
Wow, Courtney Cox is getting desperate!
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