Woman goes on a solo hike in CO on New Year's Eve, eaten by a mountain lion ⚠️

This was a young mountain lion, not full grown

FAFO

Disagree. The mountain lion was hunting in its own territory. If it was roaming city streets or in someone's backyard like you say, that's entirely different, and it should be killed.

In this case, the mountain lion should be left alone. Animals should be allowed to do what they do in their natural environment.

You could make sure your hat/hood has backward facing eye-spots like tiger ears. Or simply wear a backward facing mask.

Tuck and roll when you 1st hear or feel the lion and then counter with an upercut.

They never see it coming.

Bigger picture: Wild animals were way off in the distant, in the deep woods. until, we (mankind) expanded our developments of suburban neighborhoods. Now, these animals are being forced out of their natural habitat. And, now they are becoming more common in and around humans. It is not their (wild animals) fault. It is ours.

One thing is that for those of us whose first workout was pre-dawn around places we also spent alot of time during the day, we don’t realize that at night, civilization gets taken over by the wildlife

You train unsuspecting because it’s alright during the day, why would it be different during the night?

and I got attacked by coyotes and had to get rabies shots

Not hiking alone. Thats about it. There have been stories in the past about the other person simply scaring the cat off when it was outnumbered by hitting it or throwing things at it. I would also suspect , although I'm not a mountain lion expert, they might be less likely to attack multiple people than one person alone?

Yes, NEVER hike in wilderness alone! Many hikers have delusions of grandeur and violate the most basic safety principles they learned as children. Every year here in SoCal when Mt. Baldy (10K+ elev) gets snow and ice forms on the trails hikers, some solo, go out and climb to the summitt and every year some of them die...I think 4 so far this year incl. an 18/19 year old. When hikers violate their own code of conduct, well, c'est la vie!

Your post makes it apparent that you are too stupid to even realize that what you are patronizingly saying is not disagreeing with anything I actually said. I’m guessing that you must think that anyone who doesn’t think exactly the same thoughts as you is stupid.

Didn't this guy try to look at the kittens/cubs? He wasn't being stalked. Had he left the family alone, mom isn't chasing him away which is what she was doing. She wasn't trying to get at him for any other reason than leave my kids alone.

Would it work to put out its eyes with your hands? How about almost putting out the second eye, would it run away?

How'd they manage to get a photo of the lion? Was that the last shot she took?

/s

These are rhe type of women liberals support.

Work on your reading comprehension?

I absolutely disagree with your statement that "a bear spray should’ve been sufficient." There are many scenarios when this simply wouldn't be true. Mountain lions (and all of the big cats as a category) move much differently -- and faster -- than a surprised bear who only wants to be left alone. Bear spray is not some sort of failsafe.

Further, your question "Why would a woman even go solo hiking without adequate defense in a place where mountain lions are known to be common?" is asinine, since you have no idea whether or not she was carrying bear spray, a whistle, or a gun for that matter.

What an idiotic response to a tragic event.

This guy dundi posts like he's never seen an animal in the wild before, let alone a mountain lion.