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Fatal mountain lion attack in Washington State
- Thread starter GromsDad
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That is freaking scary. If you have ever watched a house cat stalk and kill a bird, I imagine you have pretty much no chance with a cat that is 100+ lbs.GWS said:
Sometimes you’ll size up your opponent like, oh, the average black bear is 180 pounds or something, or the average mountain lion is only like 2.5 feet off the ground (its back height) which isn’t that scary. But then you have to remember that you’re dealing with an animal that has had to hunt and kill every one of its meals. So for you and me it’s this traumatic event that will make nation wide news and go down in history as one of like five mountain lion attacks on humans in the past decade, where as for the cat it’s literally just snack time.
Like, that thing knows how to fvckkng win, plain and simple. We’re far removed from our element in combat for survival.
Like, that thing knows how to fvckkng win, plain and simple. We’re far removed from our element in combat for survival.
Don't bring a knife to a paw fight.
Edit: JBD already made a similar joke. Sooo......lame jokers think alike? :blush:
Edit: JBD already made a similar joke. Sooo......lame jokers think alike? :blush:
jbd said:Good luck, cause it's also carrying a few knives. I'm betting it's close quarter skills are a little better too.rts265 said:
I read hunter book as a kid and the grizzly had the hunters head in his mouth and the hunter was stabbing it with a knife stabbing and stabbing and the bear spit him out and split.
I had three homeless people menace me down by the river in Oceanside.
I had just had back surgery and was trying to walk to rehab it.
I thought I was going to have to fight. It totally caught me by surprise. I haven't got in a fight since my early 20s. They actually encircled me.
My first target was going to be the surly homeless Mexican girl. She was laughing as the two homeless guys menaced me. So annoying!
I was going to punch her in the face and run as fast as I could, which was not very fast.
Forget mountain lions.
People!
Mexican people!
(In fairness to Mexicans--the dudes weren't Mexican.)
I had just had back surgery and was trying to walk to rehab it.
I thought I was going to have to fight. It totally caught me by surprise. I haven't got in a fight since my early 20s. They actually encircled me.
My first target was going to be the surly homeless Mexican girl. She was laughing as the two homeless guys menaced me. So annoying!
I was going to punch her in the face and run as fast as I could, which was not very fast.
Forget mountain lions.
People!
Mexican people!
(In fairness to Mexicans--the dudes weren't Mexican.)
Therein lies the crux of humanity's problem. We fight each other sure. We create all these systems like money, laws, border control, etc. None of these things are found in earthly realm.bigtuna said:
When all of our gadgets and toys and money and laws are stripped from us and we face a life or death situation it all comes crashing home that we are so far removed from the natural element that we might as well be from Mars.
The further we get away from whence we came, the further down the drain we go.
Surfing is something that brings us back to that. I mean real surfing. Not the image conscious, talk to your buddy in the lineup, 360 air kind of surfing. But the raw, in the moment, huck yourself over the ledge type of surfing.
This is why good surfers turn to drugs. That feeling you get of disconnection. Brain turned off. In the moment. Its hard to find and elusive. Drugs provide that on demand. Some allow the brain to turn off. Some trigger the survival mechanism in all of us.
Growing food. Hunting food. Having regular adrenaline rushes. These are healthy pastimes.
Playing with screens. Bickering about cheetto, obama, immigration, or some other bs just depletes that rawness in each of us.
Oh the irony as I type on my keyboard behind a screen.
The deceased biker's preferred pronouns were "they/them/their":
https://www.adventure-journal.com/2018/05/cougar-attacks-mountain-bikers-kills-1-washington/
https://www.adventure-journal.com/2018/05/cougar-attacks-mountain-bikers-kills-1-washington/
The plural pronoun "them" is functioning singularly so it takes the singular form be verb "is."GWS said: