Well the powers-that-be seem to be listening to me. In keeping with their wicked sense of humor, last night around 2 am I met face to face with a real mountain lion in my own yard. It is a unique stomach-dropping sensation that occurs when you go from top of the food chain to the bottom rapidly.
What was I doing in the yard at 2 am? Remember if you will, Yarn Rascal is nocturnal. He lays siege all night to the yarn vault and in between plays with his toys and chews his bones or, if it’s been a particularly good night in the yarn vault, he chews up the paper yarn ball bands. A busy dog, he drinks a bowlful or more of water at night. Therefore, he needs to go outside at all hours.
The mountain lion seemed to be passing through. We have a distinct animal trail that runs through our property. Lucky us. This morning I called the local DEP and the nature preserve to alert them but they already knew the lion was around. They said they “think” it is moving north back into areas that would be more suitable.
This is my first face to face with a mountain lion and I can say I do hope it is my last. It didn’t stop to acknowledge me or anything but you could tell by the way it moved it considered itself top of the list.
I am not looking forward to nightfall.
WOW like a real mountain lion !! I want to say lucky you because we only have foxes here, but then again you were face to face ..but still WOW
I think it was probably looking for Hank and not at all interested in you….. luckily! At the least, lets hope it peed copiously on the perambulation through your property. I once saw a wolf face to face – it looked directly at me, but seemed to be quite benign. It was very big and I felt very small!!
holy cow! I think you need to take the skipper with you tonight. If you run in opposite directions, one will survive, he can’t chase you both. 🙂
It’s an experience I don’t want to repeat.
Yes, small is the word here. I was well out of my league.
lol.