0:56 that's something a mountain lion would say

I've never had a face to face per say. Although while fishing in California last year near dusk. I just had this overwhelming feeling I was being watched, to the point I actually decided to pack up and take advantage of the limited light and hike back the truck. As I was hiking back up the trail which was essentially a deer trail and extremely overgrown this was when started hearing sticks break and defidently knew I wasn't alone. In my mind I was still trying to tell myself it was a deer even though I had never had a deer shadow me like that. I also remember how quiet it was that evening. I even recall stoping a few times and it would always seem to stop shortly after I did also. It was about a half mile hike. Once I had loaded my gear and was in the truck I remember thinking wow see it's nothing I should still be fishing. When I started the truck probably within ten seconds and less then 100 feet away from me a full grown very large cat runs across the road it seemed like it cleared the two lane road in two strides. Having spent most of my life outdoors and living in the mountains I was always told it's not the mountain lion you see you have to worry about it's the one you don't see. I think the cat was just curious, I still fish the same spot to this day. Although it was an exhilarating experience, if I never knew what it was it probably wouldn't have set as well with me.

When I was a teenager I had an encounter with a Mountain Lion while hiking with my father. Counting his tail he was 7ft long. This was by no means a frightening experience. He acted totally indifferent toward us. He went about his business as if he did not even notice us.

Most of the time, you won't even know the puma is near until it's already on you. They're stealthy enough that you can walk right by one without knowing it's there.

Fun Fact: Cougars are usually past their prime but their life experiences make up for everything else. Cougars can turn adolescent lions into full adult lions overnight. Cougars will share their wealth of experiences to the right lion if they think you are a worthy catch. So God bless you Cougars, you will always have a special place in my heart.

I have to suspect if a mountain lion wanted to eat me I would never see it until it was on my back.

I was camping in steamboat springs Colorado once. Taking a pee in the woods by our campsite when all of the sudden my friends dog started barking like crazy. A few seconds later I looked up and saw two glowing eyes staring at me. Shined my flashlight and sure as hell there was a Mtn lion about 15 feet up in a tree just Looking at me. I’ve never been more scared in my life

There are two things I would do automatically if I met a mountain lion on the trail..... #1..... Followed immediately by.... #2....

I had a close encounter in early September this year on Basalt Mountain Trail that connects to Cattle Creek trail. I was returning to the car after an evening elk hunt. It was dark and i was walking the trail about 1.5 miles from the trailhead near a water hole. My headlamp lit up a set of eyes as off in the distance. As i approached the eyes the animal did not run. I eventually got close enough to where my head lamp illuminated the Mountain Lion. once i was able to identify the animal I immediately took a few slow steps back and pulled my bear spray out of my hip holster. I began to yell at it to clear out. He didn't like this. he charged at me closing to a distance of 15 yards. where he paused. I stood my ground and calmly waited for him to come into range of my spray. he retreated back. This repeated a few more times before he eventually moved to the side off of the trail only 20-30 yards. I had to walk right past him, never turning my back on him. once i got to a safe distance i pulled my backup headlamp from my pack and wore it backwards so I couldn't be attacked from behind. That was a long walk back to the car alone. Luckily I had watched videos like this and learned some skills that likely saved my life.

I encountered one in Devil's Den in Weston, CT. It was about 50 feet away and walking away. I saw it when I rounded a curve. I stopped and admired its long sweeping tail that almost dragged on the ground, its short light brown fur and how it walked on its digits. I froze in place. It stopped turned its head toward me. then took two steps and turned completely around and it starred at me. I didn't move knowing that I didn't want to trigger the flight or fight response. He looked at me realized that I wasn't a threat then climbed a rocky cliff. Devils den is less than one hour from NYC and is more than 2x the size of Central park. Weston is a very high end area with two acre minimum lots, no apartments, and many large Nature Preserves. When I told my neighbors I found five that had similar sightings however CT refuses to admit they exist. They lie.

Don't act afraid, act big, loud, pick something big up and throw it. They are impressed by that. Dont run. Bears on the other hand are not impressed by your ability to pick things up. Pots and pan clanking will usually scare a bear off. Bear spray is always a good thing to carry. Oregon has a large population of both, depending where you hike.

If attacked by a cougar, do the following: understand that she was recently divorced, offer to fill her glass of wine, mention how nice she looks, and try to enjoy your cougar experience.

Always carry a laser pointer they are like house cats and easily distracted ...

I'm only here because I saw that tik tok of the guy being followed by a mountain lion.

Personally I think junior bending down to pick up rocks so many feet away from the others could be a bad idea.

Pet it and feed it, of course.

You forgot to mention their proclivity for ripping throats out.

Depending on the situation if you encounter a Mountain Lion, the second you reach down to grab a rock it's going to pounce on your ass.

2:45 "Mountain lions are quite vulnerable to chainsaws. When it attacks you, cutting the mountain lion up into several roughly equally sized pieces, will usually stop the attack."

been hiking for over 40 years... I've never been threatened by bears or cougars... Matter fact I've had perilous close calls with agressive wild hogs and male bucks

I have had seven mountain lion encounters. They are always close and I never once felt threatened by one. In most cases they turned and ran away as soon as we encountered one another or maybe as soon as I realized it was there. Two of them just sat and watched me but there was never a threat.

If you are attacked, fight back! haha....thanks for this advice!

Pull out your phone and record it. Cameraman never dies.

Me seeing a mountain lion: screams like a teenage girl after getting their phone taken away

Mountain lions don't view people as prey, because they're not familiar with us. However, if they get used to seeing us around, and have chances to observe our behaviour, that could easily change.

2:07 if you see a big cat but it doesn't see you, yell and wave your arms to get its attention, like this!

...only 2 fatal attacks and 900 near fatal attacks.

I came across a mountain lion when I lived on the front range in Colorado. It was very close, it simply observed me for a minute, then walked away.

I have had a number of experiences with these cats in the woods and they mostly they run away. Occasionally they will follow, just out of sight in the forest, apparently out of curiosity.

So rare to see them that they needed to make this video

tnx 4 this important information. a mountain lion walked past me. it glanced @ me 4 a moment - kept waking down a dry riverbed. it probably could v easily killed me if it had been hungry. it was: poetry in motion / awesome to see & I'll always remember that day

"Throw sticks" *Man picks up small tree* "Uh...actually you're scaring me now."

What to do? What my aunt did in Arkansaw too many years ago (late 1950's, forgot year). She missed daylight walk back home after church, left later, had a baby in arms, holding hand of other son at her side. They were stalked by a mountain lion, her baby crying, mountain lion screaming along. She sang high operatic soprano, walked singing Amazing Grace as loud and high as she could, baby and lion joining in. They made it home safe. Now they're all Home together enjoying Heaven's Amazing Grace, face to Face. Love you'll forever Aunt Mae, Uncle George, cousins Rex and Fred (and his family Terri, Troy).

You unholster your .357 magnum and take the safety off......

Most of the people commenting on here obviously haven't ever hiked in the wilderness. I've encountered Cougars on multiple occasions in NorCal and never felt threatened. To see them in their natural habitat is a privilege. Incredibly beautiful animals. Human beings in my opinion are the biggest threat to my safety. I hike in solitude for a reason. I don't like people at all. I hike with people only if they are like minded individuals such as myself.

Having been a lifetime housecat owner I know the absolute worst thing you can do with a cat is run away... Anyone who has ever played with a cat and a piece of string should know this. I've told lots of people scared over lots of wild animals (skunks, possums, raccoons, etc) that in general they are more scared if you than you of it - even a skunk, I had someone tell me how scared they were encountering one in their yard - mainly of getting sprayed - and I just told them they just give it a decent distance (walk a path around it) and don't do anything to startle it and it's highly unlikely to spray, they have limited spray in their gland and it can take a week to regenerate if they use it all so it's mostly reserved for being directly attacked, dont charge at it and you're probably fine. If you do encounter something highly dangerous (especially like a defensive mother with cubs, etc) you back away, never ever turn your back and run (prey behavior). Remember that in the wild there are no doctors, an injured animal is a vulnerable animal to its own species even, or competitors, most don't want to engage in fights with animals their own size or larger that can fight back because injury can mean death in short order.

Introduce yourselves. You are more likely to die from a pitbull than a mountain lion. Mountain lions are lovers not fighters. They can "love" up to 60 times in an hour. Non aggressive unless very hungry, very sick or near their cute adorable cubs.

Amazing power and agility. We have them over 200lbs here in Western Alberta.

I'm 2021 a beautiful female cougar gave to two cubs on my property. She would walk within 100 yards of my deck late in the evening and never killed any of my pets. They have moved on now but it was a blessing having them here for that year 🐱🐱🐱.

I live near Grand Rapids Michigan, about two years ago my neighbor saw a cougar. I’m sure because of the flooding it moved on. I would love to see one, but not to close up.

The best way to co-exist with big cats is to always carry a .357 magnum. That could scare 'em away.

What ever you do.... DON'T offer them cat nip. Boy that was a bad idea on my part.

The cougar I met seemed to be calmed by approaching gently and buying her a drink 🍸 😏

You approach it with confidence and then try to wrestle it until it knows your the boss and then you take it home and keep it as your oversized house cat.

Roaring with aggressiveness,ready to fight to the death saved my life with a female and her yearling, stand your ground don't mouse out!

3:52 “hopefully, you’ll choose suicide over conflict, and leave the big cats alone...”

One day after this video was published and broadcast, first mountain lion attack took place. Mountain lions didn't watch this video. Just came from a video of a man being stalked by one, and he had a hard time scaring it off, was in a gun free zone while trail marking.

I guess I'm one of the fortunate and rare once as I have seen a mountain lion in the wild it was by Angel fire New Mexico about 3 in the morning. A good friend and myself were going there on a snow skiing trip and the cat just wandered across the road in the bottom of the canyon. He slowed down and looked it us we slow down in the car we were in and watched him disappear. It was big and a magnificent looking animal. This was approximately fifteen years ago somewhere around 2008 or 2009.

Not running away and exploring dominance is really the best method Like house cats, they want that chace. It's the adrenaline rush they get get from herbavores, like deer. Its about dominance. I am 5'1" but if I know what kind of loud music to play or what white flashes to bang, youll bet your bottom I know what I need to do to appear dominant. Not my first rodeo

I don't take a hiking stick, I take a .45 cal with hollow points.

Ty for this informative video. Most of it I knew growing up I mountain lion habitat, however I always enjoy learning new safety techniques. ❤️🙌

I'm definitely going to take a machete with me when I go on a deep hike

2:29 clearly the mountain has perfect knowledge of american english

No, but he will encounter you and you wont even know it.

Wow was this filmed in the 1990s? Early 2000s? Looks like an old video.

They are so beautiful

Not much you can do except hope it doesn't come after you. If it does you aren't going to outrun it.

Of throw rocks or sticks as soon as it started stocking me. I saw a real video of a mountain lion following a guy and even charging at him and hissing from about 50 feet away and kept it up like 5minutesAs soon as he picked up one rock and threw it the mountain lion turned and ran. Animals are impressedjust by being able to pick things up elephants do it with their trunksgorullas do it just picking something up and being able to throw it scares a lot of animals

If it is so rare, why do we have to take so many precautions against them?

2:44 what to do if you get attacked by mountain lion

1:11 Phew that's good...I'll carry a ball of tin foil with me, maybe it'll play and swat it around, while I fill my underwear.

A puma is a mountain lion?

I’ve had one walk out right in front of me In Carmel CA. Had another walking behind my house in Bradley CA, saw his large paw prints in the sand.

I would pray while I intimidated the mountain lion: "No!!! Oh, God, no!!! Please God, make that thing go awayyyyy!!! Arrrgggghhhh-men!!!" Lol

Yes, encounters are rare. So rare that I was in my 70s when I finally encountered one on a mountain trail in NV. He was just as intent on putting distance between us as I was. I backed away slowly. He went the other way. He would trot 20 feet, then stop and look back to check on me. Then he'd trot another 20 feet and repeat. When he was satisfied with the situation, he just kept trotting. He's probably posting on Cougar Central about his encounter too. BTW, I figured out later that the mountain lion was probably just coming down the trail for a drink. There is a creek bed at the foot of the mountain which is almost always dry. However, there had been a week of drizzling rain just before this, and the creek was bubbling along. I later saw tracks leading right up to the creek. He just wanted a nice big drink of cool refreshing water.

I have seen tracks including a “tail sweep” in four foot of snow in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Michigan DNR has finally recognized that they are in our state and have DNR evidence that they are from South Dakota. Yes, the Upper Midwest now has cougars.

if one sees a mountain lion ,one must get in the car.

Shit, just two fatal incidents. That's more than enough. I went for a hike once. I went around the bushes, and the next thing I know, I was facing one of these mountain lions. Man, I have to tell you. I almost shit myself; he didn't stop looking at me; I held a stick and kept walking back. All of a sudden, he started to roar. I was long gone by then. I'm glad he did not chase me. My advice is careful when hiking.

What to do? Go "Here, kitty-kitty-kitty" & whip out a can of tuna...😅

We don't look strange to them, they know that we're a primate. We like to think these apex predators don't hunt humans but that's not how these animals think. You step into their habitat you're prey, maybe not their usual prey which helps but a cougar will not hesitate given the opportunity, nature demands it.

Why do these types of videos never tell you to carry a firearm? Kinda curious. I ALWAYS carry at a minimum a 9mm or my .45 for larger animals.

Every time I go comping or hiking. I always see something interesting. ❤

Having a sidearm like my 10mm Auto, 357 mag or 44 mag is great for last line of defense in case of Lion aggression.

I lived in the southeast side of San Diego numerous sightings of cougars or mountain lions I was never bothered by them too much but at one time I was and shooting over its head and Scattered away, whenever I went out to my pool I always carried my pistol whenever I went out into my yard by the lemon trees I always carried my pistol I had two footed Critters and I had four footed Critters

If you're a Honey Badger, you ask the cougar if it's looking for some serious injuries. If not, you better move on.

What to do if you encounter one? Throw it a cardboard box. cats love boxes.

Also where a mask with a face backwards.. big cats always stalk u from behind if they don’t know what sides is ur back it confuses them and they might not stalk u if they can’t tell what side is ur back.

the lion can be aggressive at first contact but he is adorable when you know him

thanks for the tips

Nice and informative video. Thank you.

I always get a fresh Cougar tag every January, just to be prepared.

I love this old school style education video 😂 reminded me of my childhood

The title makes it sound like it's going to introduce itself.

Better idea, don't go where they are and you won't need to worry about fighting them. If it is not avoidable carry your fire arm.

"ONLY been 2 fatal attacks" Oh is that all?

north americas largest feline predator? is a jaguar not considered a feline predator? they are larger than mountain lions.

I wouldn’t go hiking without a Marlin 45-70 guide gun.

Since when did “recreate” become an acceptable verb?

First time I ever saw a mountain lion, I went out to our outdoor atv garage and sat on my quad for a minute or two looking at my phone. Turned the key over and maybe 15ft to my right, I saw it's giant tube of a tail fly between two bushes and up the hill. I doubt it intended to attack me but DAMN, knowing it was just right there, watching me silently was unsettling to say the least.

As the cat comes running at me I think.... Should I be worried about mountain lions? I remember the video saying nope. Well, as I look from heaven I am saying...... DAMN VIDEO WAS WRONG.

scratch them behind their ears and under their chin, they like that..................catnip helps too

We have constant interactions in Southern California, some not very fun.

most importantly, cougars are very protective of their foods, never approach them when are feeding in the wild.

Could you imagine how crazy this video would have been if a mountain lion jumped on her back right at 0:59.

A great tool to get away from a mountain lion is a simple flashlight.... It all depends on how fast you can run with it....

I encounter them in my ranch all the time on a daily basis I’m used to them. It’s normal for me

i climbed a mountain and I saw them it scared the shit out of me

Lastly, be armed.

Yeahhh, great wild & beautiful Animal ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Greetings from Germany

OK smarty then why did a mountain lion come up to my front doorstep and take my duck