Looking closely at the photo, it appears Zeus the housecat is eyeballing, not the cougar on the porch, but the one retro-braking furiously from cougar FTL-speed in the backyard.
Stout door be damned, about then I’d be pulling the Bulldog 44 if I was behind the housecat.
There is a second mountain lion, though. Check pic #10. It looks like it might be a nearly grown cub.
I would certainly have something more useful than a camera in hand if I’d been there. Probably something in .223 or .308Win. Plus something in .45 at my side, just in case.
Couldn’t help but laugh at this story. The woman felt safe because of the patio door. We had a mountain lion break out of a house through a window as fish and game were trying to herd it out of someone’s house after it had gotten in through a screen door. A patio door isn’t much to stop wildlife, especially if it really wants in.
My old guy is mostly Maine Coon, and I’ve seen him face down and drive away a dog who was three times his size. M. Coons are sweety-pies, until it’s time to roll.
October 21st, 2011 at 11:06 am
What’s funny is the owner thought it was “cute” and considered herself “blessed”.
She might be singing a different tune about cougars if there wasn’t a pane of glass between the cats.
October 21st, 2011 at 11:09 am
Looking closely at the photo, it appears Zeus the housecat is eyeballing, not the cougar on the porch, but the one retro-braking furiously from cougar FTL-speed in the backyard.
Stout door be damned, about then I’d be pulling the Bulldog 44 if I was behind the housecat.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Rivrdog: That’s a statue – check picture #8.
There is a second mountain lion, though. Check pic #10. It looks like it might be a nearly grown cub.
I would certainly have something more useful than a camera in hand if I’d been there. Probably something in .223 or .308Win. Plus something in .45 at my side, just in case.
October 21st, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Maine Coon, mont’n lonn. What’s the point spread? I’m not betting even money.
October 21st, 2011 at 7:43 pm
I wouldn’t go even money either, but don’t write off the Main Coon too fast.
October 24th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Couldn’t help but laugh at this story. The woman felt safe because of the patio door. We had a mountain lion break out of a house through a window as fish and game were trying to herd it out of someone’s house after it had gotten in through a screen door. A patio door isn’t much to stop wildlife, especially if it really wants in.
October 24th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
My old guy is mostly Maine Coon, and I’ve seen him face down and drive away a dog who was three times his size. M. Coons are sweety-pies, until it’s time to roll.