Posted on 04/17/2017 2:40:23 PM PDT by george76
SAN MATEO — A woman woke up to a mountain lion snatching her dog off of her bed at a Pescadero home early Monday morning, according to deputies.
At around 3 a.m., a woman called 911 reporting that her dog was taken by a mountain lion from her home in the area of 800 Native Sons Road.
The woman told deputies she and a child were sleeping in a bedroom with their 15-pound Portuguese Podengo at the foot of the bed.
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The animal took the small dog from the bed and walked out, she told deputies.
The woman then went outside with a flashlight to look for her dog. She saw large wet paw prints at the entrance to the bedroom and called 911.
Deputies searched the area and also found paw prints similar to a mountain lion.
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Poor lady. I can’t even imagine what that would feel like and never want to find out. Wow.
Glad it took the dog and not the child.
Had she shot the creature she would be up on charges already.
Agreed.Many times God smiles down on us.
True enough. I bet there are some security screens and doors in that place soon.
Yikes!
She might want to think about closing her doors and windows at night. This time, the dog took one for the team. Next time, someone else might be the meal.
The cat *would* have taken the child first if it wasn’t under covers.
“True enough. I bet there are some security screens and doors in that place soon.”
They had left the bedroom’s French doors partially open to let the dog out.
Reality intrudes in Kalifornia ...
Exactly and now that the cat has found a good, easy food source it will be back.
"...the dog took one for the team..."
We need to ban the sales of lockpick tools to known mountain lion felons.
This sounds almost identical to a story some months ago. Mountain lion walked in an open door and grabbed the dog if I’m not mistaken. I think it happened in Durango, CO.
The animal took the small dog from the bed and walked out, she told deputies.
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The dog didn’t bark or anything?
obvious need for diversion programs for re-offending wildlife
Disregard previous post. Clicked and read the article.
Only if she called the police.
It wasn’t the dog’s scent that attracted it, it was the child’s. Set a spring trap chained to something next to the french doors or it’s coming back in again.
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