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Big cats, knives, guns...

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:29 pm
by ELB
Key points for me:

1. "The child then yelled to his father and stood up, pulling out a hunting knife, which made the predator back down..."

2. "...and gave the dad enough time to fire off several shots from his 9mm handgun to scare the lion away,"

And the lad has the right attitude:

"The boy was not traumatized from his encounter, ...His biggest concern was that his schoolmates wouldn't believe him..."


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I could quibble with some points (like runnng from cats and warning shots) but overall they got the job done, and well done to them. Sad about their dog, tho.

Re: Big cats, knives, guns...

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:53 pm
by Texas Dan Mosby
Had an interesting encounter with a cougar once.

In North Carolina of all places...

Beautiful animals.

Re: Big cats, knives, guns...

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:33 am
by Dave2
Texas Dan Mosby wrote:Had an interesting encounter with a cougar once.

In North Carolina of all places...

Beautiful animals.
They are beautiful, but they appreciate being used as half a pillow somewhat less than a sleepy house cat.