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Man Escapes Cougar: 'Dude, I Don't Feel Like Dying Today'
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| October 13, 2020
| ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS
Posted on 10/13/2020 8:38:31 AM PDT by SJackson
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:38:31 AM PDT
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SJackson
To: SJackson
If you see cubs and no mother, don’t start filming. Walk away briskly and immediately. Doubly so for bears.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:40:39 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
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Video is about 6 minutes. Summary, swearing at a cougar won't discourage it. Throwing a rock did in this instance. He appears to continue forward seeing the first cub. Maybe stopping would have been better, but then most advice advises against retreating, which was effective here. After 6 minutes.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:40:56 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, M Twaini)
To: SJackson
... at an earlier, happier, time, before this young man realized his life was in danger!
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:43:20 AM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
To: SJackson
Let that be a lesson.
Always bring a wingman to the bar.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:44:43 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
To: SJackson
At around 3:11 he says gosh, where's my gun
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:44:59 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, M Twaini)
To: SJackson
Looks like the cougar was just looking to protect her offspring. If she was truly on the hunt, the man would never know what hit him.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:45:23 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Orange Man GOOD!)
To: dirtboy
That was what I going to say.
“Wow. Those are cougar cubs. I better make myself scarce before mama decides I’m dinner.”
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:45:48 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security! (Ironic, huh?))
To: SamAdams76
Yes. Escorted him out of her/her cubs territory.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:46:07 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, M Twaini)
To: SJackson
It took him way too long to throw a rock but good for him.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:47:08 AM PDT
by
Vision
(Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
To: dirtboy
Yes. It only appeared to be a few seconds from the cub on the video and mom’s arrival but he must have had time to see the cubs, stop and get his phone or camera going. Unless he was filming the entire run.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:47:32 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself, M Twaini)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Go be pervy somewhere else.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:49:13 AM PDT
by
Vision
(Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
To: dirtboy
exactly. Worse thing he could of done. makes me angry too as it is normal for the mothers to defend their young of any species. This idiot was making a huge error in behavior and now others fear cougars stalking and striking at them when out in the wild. And yes. Doubly so for bears. This guy was lucky. Hate to say it but that behavior deserved a smack down. Unfortunately it would have been one he wouldn’t have lived to learn his lesson.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:49:52 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: SJackson
I was hiking in the Cascades up on the WA state and B.C. border and rounded a sharp blind corner on a cliff side. Right there 10 ft away was a black bear and I scared him as much as he scared me. Thank GOD he bolted and ran because I had very few options and was about ready to unload in my shorts.
To: SJackson
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:50:49 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: SJackson
Man Escapes Cougar: ‘Dude, I Don’t Feel Like Getting Herpes Today’
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:51:02 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: SJackson
The In-laws has a place for a bit in the Mountains in panhandle of NC. A Neighbor called their version of the DNR and was asking about something big and agile kind like a light colored dog in their garbage. The response was almost; ya dummy you live on a mountain, it is a Cougar. I was paranoid as heck going for walks even on the roadways in the sub, always looking over my shoulder. Should have asked my FIL if I could strap on one of his sidearms. Read up on how they attack, you have no chance, catch them before they strike with a 45? maybe...
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:51:49 AM PDT
by
taildragger
("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
To: SJackson
He calls a mother “dude” and speaks to it as if it understands English
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:52:45 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: SJackson
Trail? That’s a dirt road.
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:55:18 AM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: SJackson
"Dude, you're scary!"
"Come on, dude, I don't feel like dying today."
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posted on
10/13/2020 8:56:24 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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