How the trail runner attacked by a mountain lion in Larimer County killed the animal

THE WESTERNER ^ | 2/5/19 | myself

[lee martell]

Can you imagine the level of shrieking, hissing, ululating and caterwauling from the Mountain Lion during this struggle?

Imagine the most distracting, and bizarre Bruce Lee sounds, just before he lunges at you with those helicopter nunchucks,
magnify that by eight.

[Flick Lives]

Anyone who has ever tried to give a “domestic” cat a bath or a pill should have instant respect for this man.

True that! A common house cat in "crazy mode" is like a 10 pound demon from hell.

[Calvin Locke]

I think CO has the largest cats left in NA. They can reach about 150lbs, iirc.

So, when the LSM/gub'mint says "juvenile", is that like a 19 year old male still in middle school is still considered a juvie for criminal charges?

[laplata]

It looks pretty strange to me, like will they fine him for defending himself if he used a weapon?

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Name one time that an animal attacked someone and the person killed it in self defense and was then prosecuted for killing the animal.

[RatRipper]

80 lb dog can do some damage. I wouldn’t want to tangle with an 80 lb cat, and I am pretty stout. A bigger 150 lb cat, though, most likely would not have been thrown off, nor could you keep him under you to kill him. Even at 80 lbs, glad it wasn’t me

[bagster]

It’s unclear whether the runner — who has not yet been identified publicly — strangled or smothered the mountain lion.

[lurk]

Make a monument at the spot. He choked out a lion with his bare hands. That is manly stuff.

[bagster]

Name one time that an animal attacked someone and the person killed it in self defense and was then prosecuted for killing the animal.

George Zimmerman?

Bernard Goetz?

[DuncanWaring]

A certain “White Hispanic” in Florida a few years ago?

[bagster]

Make a monument at the spot. He choked out a lion with his bare hands. That is manly stuff.

Tarzan.

[DuncanWaring]

Two seconds.

[unread]

"the human saving his life should be all that matters. This used to be a no brainer."

Yeah... there's a lot of people with no brains looking into this... :)

[heshtesh]

Maybe a K-bar too.

Make them 3 miles from my home.

[bagster]

Ha. I finally won one!!!

😝

[SaxxonWoods]

No, this guy is pretty shredded and still in the hospital. They would already know if his wounds didn’t make sense.

They have a procedure they have to follow in these cases, that’s all.

[RooRoobird20]

LOL!!! I have a BIG ginger tabby boy, he weighs over 20 pounds. He is solid muscle with a bit of a tummy. I’m very lucky that he has a sweet and gentle disposition.

If he ever decided to kill me I think I’d be in trouble. He’s incredibly strong!

I can barely wrestle my little 18 year old (7 pound) black cat to give her liquid medicine. Her kitty super-strength kicks in when I try to give her oral meds, it’s incredible.

[DainBramage]

What’s wrong ...cat got your tongue?

[SaxxonWoods]

I’ve seen yearling lions and I would not want to fight one, even if armed.

[CJ Wolf]

Tried in the court of public opinion, the Harambae gorrila killing

[Spacetrucker]

Dude is my hero, hands down.