Why you should always stay at home
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:45 pmMt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation
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Why you should always stay at home
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:45 pmPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:20 pmYikes! Do you know where this occured, Steve? I don't want to hike or sleep where that happened.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:00 pmHowdy Sally 
Apparently, in Nevada county in northern CA. Hiker was sleeping under the stars by the Yuba river and woke up with a paw on his head. He sustained lots of scratches and bites and was patched up at an ER. The news story I watched noted 15 mountain lion attacks on humans since 1890's in CA -- only 3 deaths since 1980. The cougar will be destroyed when they find it -- I'm hoping the DNA evidence will confirm the right cat.
Miles of smiles,
Ellen
Apparently, in Nevada county in northern CA. Hiker was sleeping under the stars by the Yuba river and woke up with a paw on his head. He sustained lots of scratches and bites and was patched up at an ER. The news story I watched noted 15 mountain lion attacks on humans since 1890's in CA -- only 3 deaths since 1980. The cougar will be destroyed when they find it -- I'm hoping the DNA evidence will confirm the right cat.
Miles of smiles,
Ellen
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:33 pmStatistically it's silly to worry with numbers like those. But it certainly occurs to me when I'm out in the pitch black darkness of the wilderness, alone, running along a trail. Just seems more likely than it is, I guess...
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:39 pmHowdy Z
I agree with you re: the statistics. I think that news stories like these exaggerate the dangers posed by mountain lions. I would love to see one in the wild, though perhaps not as up close and personal as Pi's encounter on San Gorgonio.
Miles of smiles,
Ellen
I agree with you re: the statistics. I think that news stories like these exaggerate the dangers posed by mountain lions. I would love to see one in the wild, though perhaps not as up close and personal as Pi's encounter on San Gorgonio.
Miles of smiles,
Ellen
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:17 pmMy wife saw one on our property once. Fortunately, she was in the car at the time, but she said it was still quite scary. A few years later, a woman was killed by one while hiking Cuyamaca Peak, on a Saturday morning no less. Mountain lion sightings in eastern San Diego county seem to be much less frequent since the 2003 fires.