Runner kills mountain lion after getting attacked while running

This is nothing. While trail running I was attacked by 6 beers with high alcohol content.

I heard a great story concerning a mountain lion attack from Peter Bigfoot. For those that don't know this guy a link is provided. Hiking friends and I paid him to meet us and drive us deep into the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. We set up base camp at Reevis Orchard and day hiked for several days. On the drive he told me a story that in the middle of the night he heard something in his yurpee (yurt/teepee - picture in link). He awoke face to face with a 200 pound mountain lion. He said it lunged at him but he evaded it pushing it aside having wrestled in HS. He said it was like side-checking concrete. It had him dead to rights but went back over to the bed to check it out. Curiosity satisfied he turned toward Peter. I remember Peter's words, "living up here with nothing for miles in any direction I strongly believe in two things, sharp knives and loaded guns." He shot the cat between the eyes. He said the scariest part was knowing that to get in the window the cat had to have stepped directly over his head. Peter is a very interesting guy who likes to tell stories so there is no way to know if the story is legit but seeing the location of his compound it is certainly possible.

My point is how powerful mountain lions are. Peter said it was like hitting concrete. Even a 60-80 pound juvenile has to be nearly as strong as a grown man so the runner fighting it off is incredible in my view.

http://patriciasanders.online/2016/05/11/a-visit-with-peter-bigfoot/

winnr1 wrote:

Did he? wrote:

But did he finish his run?

Did he look relaxed?

Missed the chance for a great subject title:

"Mountain Lion attacks runner goes home DEVASTATED"

stay inside banana boy wrote:

Banana Bread wrote:

Most distance runners wouldn't be able to do this. I hate to admit it but we are weaklings. I bet Bekele could destroy a mountain lion if he came across one. If I was attacked I would probably look for a long stick to poke it and throw rocks at it. The biggest thing I've ever killed was a swan though. Luckily there are no mountain lions anywhere near Tulsa.

speak for yourself. to make such a statement you are surely a weakling.

Don't call him Shirley

When you see one of these mofos from a few feet, you realize that they are pure muscle in a (handsome) fur coat. Not like an equivalent-weight dog at all. I was mentally weighting how much of a run-up my 130+ lb friend would have to make in order to knock me off my feet. The answer:none. It would be like being hit by a bazooka.

And the EYES. Good god they are riveting, magnificent and terrifying all at the same time.

The "eyes on the back of a hat" is reportedly a trick used in India by field hands to avert a tiger attack.

I have thought about mounting some razor wire onto a very lightweight running pack that I have. At least it would discourage the most likely scenario of a rear jumping attack.

I normally run with music in city parks or remote rural roads, but not on solo trail runs. A minor downside is Ruffed grouse damn near giving me a heart attack every once in a while.

statfool wrote:

he counter-attacked the cat by getting on top of it, she said. There are still a few mysteries, though, including exactly how he suffocated the animal.

I will only believe this story if it ends up being Nurmagomedov on a run in Colorado.

This is the reason I always carry a laser pointer when I run. No cat can resist.

YMMV wrote:

When you see one of these mofos from a few feet, you realize that they are pure muscle in a (handsome) fur coat. Not like an equivalent-weight dog at all. I was mentally weighting how much of a run-up my 130+ lb friend would have to make in order to knock me off my feet. The answer:none. It would be like being hit by a bazooka.

You made my point far better than I did.

An 80 pound mountain lion must be muscled/dense as a 120+ lb. dog. I think the impact alone would be hard to overcome. That must be one tough runner the cat encountered.

Grenio wrote:

This is the reason I always carry a laser pointer when I run. No cat can resist.

lmfao

just the facts wrote:

YMMV wrote:

When you see one of these mofos from a few feet, you realize that they are pure muscle in a (handsome) fur coat. Not like an equivalent-weight dog at all. I was mentally weighting how much of a run-up my 130+ lb friend would have to make in order to knock me off my feet. The answer:none. It would be like being hit by a bazooka.

You made my point far better than I did.

An 80 pound mountain lion must be muscled/dense as a 120+ lb. dog. I think the impact alone would be hard to overcome. That must be one tough runner the cat encountered.

I was talking with my friends about this last night? What skills does this human possess to literally choke a wild cat to death after being attacked from behind. It's just incredible. I can't wait to hear more of this once he's willing to talk about it. I mean, I am sure as much as we all want to hear about it, it would be incredibly difficult to continuously relive this memory. PTSD overload.

Special human being for sure. Just look at the comments on Joe Rogan's post about it yesterday. World class fighters were marveling at the idea, left speechless. Wouldn't be surprised if Rogan gets him on eventually lol.

In our PC media culture, he won't become an Aaron Ralston, but he shows what humans can do when we are vital and want to live to the last drop. Our ancestors had to do this on a daily basis.

In modern times, extreme sports, real ones like mountaineering, bring out this primal quality under duress.

Banana Bread wrote:

Most distance runners wouldn't be able to do this. I hate to admit it but we are weaklings. I bet Bekele could destroy a mountain lion if he came across one. If I was attacked I would probably look for a long stick to poke it and throw rocks at it. The biggest thing I've ever killed was a swan though. Luckily there are no mountain lions anywhere near Tulsa.

1. What runners lack in upper body strength they make up with endurance.

2. You would not have time to look for a stick or rock as the animal would be on you before you could realize.

3. No mountains near Tulsa? No mountain lions.

4. My advice? When running in wilderness do carry a small handgun. The life you save may be your own or some other

innocent person.

One of the articles stated that wildlife officials tested the dead mountain lion for rabies. After that, what happened to the dead mountain lion? Did they let the runner have it.

If I killed a mountain lion with my bare hands I would want it stuffed and mounted by a taxidermist and display it front and center in my living room. Now THAT is a trophy you can brag about.

iknowrexing wrote:

Jdjssj wrote:

Jason Rexing

Rexing wouldn't have had a scratch on him, let alone go to the hospital...

"You'll notice that his bio doesn't list weight or height - it's because nobody at the IAAF could figure out how to convert 1.21 jigawatts of pure kicka**" into English units."

"I heard he ran a 10k road race where he ran 30:00 while running backwards, doing his taxes (in Chinese) and giving a lecture to the guy driving the pace car on rocket science."He ran a 14:45 XC 5K in ice skates with rocks in them. He also had an opened up parachute on his back so the other racers had a chance to keep up with him. (I forgot to mention he was wearing a straight jacket with mercury in the pockets.)

Jason Rexing was reported fleeing the scene of an accident, one day. He was running down the street and his feet caught on fire, and he landed with such force on the ground that he broke through the cement and lit a propane line on fire, which promptly blew up an orphanage. He outpaced police squad cars in a 4 hour high speed chase, barefoot, and escaped into the woods

I SAW Jason Rexing run an 11:02 5k in quicksand, while faxing a thesis to the Dali Lama on how to obtain world peace by use of nuclear weapons. At the same time, however, he was also busy teaching a Laosian boy--who he was carrying on his shoulders--how to speak in Greek, French and Hebrew, while battling Rider Clauss with psychic powers and watching Rescue Me on FX. By the last quarter of his race, he announced that he would take out all the world records from 400 down, and did so while telling the Aristocrat joke.

Lacking details wrote:

How?

Sweep the leg!

At the 5:45 mark...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQYVFootLE

Grenio wrote:

This is the reason I always carry a laser pointer when I run. No cat can resist.

Funniest thing I have heard in a while - thanks!

I am definitely going to use this line many times today, and probably take credit for it at some point - the advantages of an anonymous message board.

In the 70's or early 80's I read an AP article describing the discovery of two men that had been cutting jute. They had been killed, apparently by a tiger, which was found dead close by. The report said the men were experts in silak? an Indonesian variant of kung fu.