https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/hikers-record-terrifying-standoff-with-mountain-lion/exb284yze6jrgp8lhwgw46pa3q-pmuym
What are your thoughts???
Le professeur de trail
The kitty didn't seem aggressive - just holding his/her ground. Smart for the hikers to back down but unsure why they proceeded around the corner in the first place.
This one though, http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/hiker-records-video-as-mama-bear-and-cubs-follow-him-along-trail/vi-AApgs7h, I find scarier even though the mama never seems aggressive. But boy is she big!
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I don't know much about those things. I have seen a couple, but they were always running away from where I was. That cat was exiting when it saw them, but I wouldn't knowingly walk under one when he had the high ground on me. I ran through a really narrow canyon in NM a couple of years ago and got a little uneasy because I was in the bottom of it and the walls were really narrow, not slot canyon narrow but narrow. I turned around and headed back out.
LB2
I fail to see a "terrifying standoff". The cat just climbed to a safe height to give it an advantage. The hikers probably could have just continued on. That being said when they first saw the cat they should have backed away to give the cat space and sat down, ate snacks and rested for a bit and I'm guessing the cat would have just disappeared. Following the cat shooting their video is just classic National park moronic behavior. Give wildlife space. Shouldn't be too difficult to understand.
The archives are full of human stupidity in National parks.
Sue
What NH said on the cat. I would have sat down and drank a beer and waited it out. Of course I would be nervous as hell the rest of the hike. If I knew I could walk the other way and get out I would have done that too.
As for the bear, dam that girl was big!!!! I think I would have gotten off the trail to see if she would have just passed by not walk down it backwards filming it. I would have then drank a beer.
As you can tell I usually have a beer on me when I am hiking.
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I agree that the cat didn't seem aggressive. I'm not sure if I would have followed around the corner or not. With a black bear here in PA, yea I would have because I've done that before. If I would have followed I sure as hell would have made a lot more noise. I guess the most "terrifying" thing to me was that the hikers didn't seem to have a clue. At one point one asked the other what they should do and neither seemed to know. It's crazy how many people venture out without knowing what to do.
As far as the bear one goes that would concern me less especially if it's in the lower part of Alaska. Maybe that's stupid of me but some of the bears up there are so used to people that encounters like that are not that uncommon. Can't say for sure what I would have done there but I might have just stepped off the trail and doffed my hat as they waltzed by on their way to the fishing/swimming hole. I'm pretty sure I would not have been walking backwards shooting video of it .
When we were in Alaska we were warned to be much more aware of the moose and especially if they had a calf because they were much more volatile then the bears. Then when we were in Denali we go to see a bunch of stupid tourons trying to get within 10 feet of a cow and her calf. The park ranger that showed up couldn't get the idiots back.
Packing a pistol would make the situation less scary, eh?
I probably would have freaked out a bit, more so if solo.
In dog beers, I've only had one.
Is there such a thing as having a bear attack while having a cat encounter?
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guess I missed the terrifying part; I'm thinking lucky SOB's getting the video
btw our lion biologists found out that bear spray is also effective on lions (they were tagging kittens and Mama had enough)
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