I work in the Trail-Rossland-Castlegar area.
That's the second cougar I've seen, the first one was hiding in the bushes along a mountain bike trail I was walking down, but took off right before I got to him........thankfully.
The recent one was not scared one bit. Threw rocks at it, but it kept slowly walking around me. Not good.
The freaky thing is, you can't hear them at all. I just looked up, and saw it walking about 40 feet away from me.....threw a rock at it, then it actually jumped a few few feet towards me! That stopped my heart for a second.
That's why I like bears a lot more.........you can almost always hear them coming.......make some noise, they usually take right off.
As long as there are no cubs or it's food nearby, you're usually OK.
I know one guy in the business who was attacked by a grizzly a few years ago.......she had cubs with her.......at one point part of his head was in her mouth. Luckily, he managed to get away with the help of the guy he was working with.
I think at that point, I's be thinking of a career change..........
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