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Cougar tears man's pants during attack on west coast of Vancouver Island
The Canadian Press ^
| September 13, 2012
| Keven Drews,
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
...
"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 ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; canada; cougar; lion; vancouver
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:41:35 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
I’m just going to sit back and enjoy this thread.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:42:34 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: george76
That headline could mean a whole other thing...
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:43:05 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: george76
Is this article about the wild species of cat or the even wilder species of older woman? The Article doesn’t seem to make it clear...
To: george76
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:46:06 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: george76
maybe the cougar mistook the man for a 1/32nd cherrokee democrat?
To: george76
'I knew I shouldn't have answered that ad on Craig's list!'
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:47:10 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: george76
I would sacrifice a pair of pants. Maybe. Got any pictures?
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:48:34 PM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:48:53 PM PDT
by
Adams
(Fight on!)
To: dfwgator
I’m just going to sit back and enjoy this thread.
ditto
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:53:52 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(if the little things really annoy you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
To: george76
Who among us has this not happened to?
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:54:48 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Biden: "HOPE and CHAINS for all 57 states".)
To: bravo whiskey
Year ago I was DJing a party and was lured into a bedroom and a "Cougar" tore off my clothes...
(Of course back then they weren't called "Cougars"... they were called horny older women.)
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:56:44 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: george76
Guess he was going too slow.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:57:20 PM PDT
by
Happy Rain
(Mitt four then Sarah eight.)
To: george76
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:01:10 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: george76
A cougar attacked the west coast of Vancouver Island? Wow.....
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:02:56 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: george76; Slings and Arrows; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; ...
Canada Non-Ping!
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:03:03 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
To: george76
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:14:32 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(DNC = perpetual emotion machine)
To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; Lazamataz
Anyone you know?
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:16:46 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: george76
Cougar tears man's pants during attack on west coast of Vancouver Island What was Vancouver Island doing with men's pants?
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:17:23 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Fate plays chess and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along)
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