Up Close and Personal with Mountain Lion

LiveLeak: This footage was shot in the Custer State Park in South Dakota, this is within the Black Hills National Forest.Last part of the video is where the Hunter picked up a large branch and threw it at the Cougar spooking it to leave.Estimated distance to the cameraman is 20 yards. Person filming this was Elk Hunting at the time. He made it leave by throwing a large branch at it.

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Walking in a forest when all of sudden a lion appears :P
Fletchsays...

Give him a piece of jerky. See if he'll follow you home.

Seriously, this is both really cool because it's so rare, and really scary because they will eat you. It's not like spotting a wolf or wild horses (here in Oregon). Both kinda rare and special, but no real danger. It's disturbing because it just stands there, as if it's contemplating lunch.

LordByronsays...

i know someone is going to miss the whole threat of the situation and put this in the cute channel


That is so true. Your child is not safe in his or her backyard in anything but urban or densely suburban California, because these cats are so nearby these days.

robbersdog49says...

0:25, that looks a lot like a cat getting ready to pounce. At that distance, if it did, there's no way he'd have got a shot off. Big cats a so beautiful, but they really are built to kill. It's an interesting reminder that although as a race we are top predators, one on one can be a different story...

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