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thebajarunner
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FOX News ran the attack portions of the clip today
The host said "That whole thing runs 6 minutes" so it is getting a lot of exposure.
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AKgringo
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By the way, is a mountain lion called a "Puma" or something else in Baja?
[Edited on 10-15-2020 by AKgringo]
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Mulege Canuck
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | By the way, is a mountain lion called a "Puma" or something else in Baja?
[Edited on 10-15-2020 by AKgringo] |
The rancheros I have talked with call them Puma.
Talked with the family at San Cosme last year. They told me about a recent puma attack there. A ranchero was jumped by two puma and knocked off his
horse. His dog got one of the cats off him and he fought the other one off with his machete. His dog got cut up but he was ok.
I have worked as a logging engineer for 35 years and only once did I have a cat try and eat me. It was ready to jump on me when my dog, Shepard/Wolf
cross named Elvis, treed him. He got steak for dinner that night.
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pappy
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At the very end of video he did throw a rock at it.it hit the ground in front of cougar.it immediately took off in opposite direction...
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Allwaters
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Humbold county attack?
| Quote: Originally posted by LancairDriver | It’s pretty common to see Lions here in rural Oregon but mostly just a flash crossing the road and springing 10 feet or so up a bank and its gone.
No reports of any attacks other than one across the border a few years ago in Northern CA where a hiker was attacked and mauled pretty good. His wife
tried to beat it off with a stick with little effect. Attacks like that are about as rare as being struck by lightening.
They are amazing animals and are truly a treat to see. |
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Allwaters
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On the Northern Ca. Attack, are you speaking about the one in Fern Canyon I believe? An elderly couple where the wife was stabbing the Lion with a
pencil while it was mauling the Husband... I remember hearing of that one... As far as Oregon there was a fatal attack on a woman hiker (near Portland
I think) about two or three yrs ago. My Biologist friend was somewhat involved in the capture of that particular Lion. Never have heard of or seen a
Lion or Bobcat in Baja altho no doubts in my mind they are there, as there ar Deer, Bighorn Sheep and much smaller prey items.
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Allwaters
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | By the way, is a mountain lion called a "Puma" or something else in Baja?
[Edited on 10-15-2020 by AKgringo] |
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Allwaters
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Puma is the Spanish word for Mt Lion, Cougar would be another name for it. The Florida Panther is also a Mt Lion/Cougar and native to Florida although
their numbers have been augmented by animals from Texas I believe...
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Allwaters | | Puma is the Spanish word for Mt Lion, Cougar would be another name for it. The Florida Panther is also a Mt Lion/Cougar and native to Florida although
their numbers have been augmented by animals from Texas I believe... |
Welcome to Nomad!
When you quote another's post, you can type your reply in the same post after the [ /rquote] tag. As I am doing now.
Some Nomads begin replying before that closing tag and then their words get included in the original quote. Of course, they can click edit to fix
that! 
In any case, nice to have you here! 
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MulegeAL
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Young Puma snared by goat rancher at rancho La Presa, just north of Mission Guadalupe. Tanning it with local treebark in an old cooler. We had
coffee, chatted a bit. We drained some cervesas at the SJ de Magdelena cabalgata a couple years later.
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motoged
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Good encounter....for you, Al.
Ride safe.
Don't believe everything you think....
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Paulina
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There are mountain lions, pumas, living in the Sierra de Libertad mountain range, BCN. We have seen them, they are known to eat the foals/calves born
out on the range, we see their tracks in the sandy river beds. They are here.
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