A man hike in the mountains in Utah recently make out across what he thought were some fully grown idle cats . Unfortunately , that was not the causa .
" I observe what I thought were bobcats on the track during a streak , " hiker Kyle Burgesswrote on YouTube . " turn out they were cougar cubs and their mother was not felicitous to see me . "
The 6 - arcminute clash , captured on video , begins with Burgess approaching what looks like a normal cat , before issuing quite a heap of expletives as he realize what it is and backs off speedily , in brief follow by telling the animal to go away ( but with more swearing ) and roaring at it in an effort to frighten off it off .
Striking a more conciliative tone , he asks the cougar " What ’s up , dude ? " before backing away and wail some more . In another change of tack , he informed her " I ’m big and chilling , go away " and ascertain her he would n’t come back .
The encounter then turns a whole lot more terrifying as the cougar make some threatening motility towards him , notably more so when he briefly turns forth from the animal . finally , Burgess is able to get a rock from the ground and throw it towards the Arabian tea , at last scar it away .
Frightening as it looks , the showdown is unusual , as mountain lions do not usually attack human beings and will do anything to avoid confrontation . In North America , there have been fewer than 20 deaths as a final result of cougar attacks in over 100 years , with only 16 trauma and three end in Colorado since 1990 , and few in Utah .
According to experts Burgess did the right thing by seduce himself gaudy and big , and the longer the confrontation went on for the less potential he was in peril .
" This cougar was champion her cub , " wildlife expert Ron Magill of Zoo Miamitold ABC News . " There was a threat to her cubs , she dispute him to back up . If she wanted to eat this guy , if she wanted to attack this guy , she would have . "
However , there are some top tip for if you do total across one in the wild . The first ( and most counter - intuitive ) affair you should do isnot run .
Stay unagitated , and do not approach the painter , theNational Park Service advises . Stand upright , babble out sedately and unwaveringly to it , whilst backing off slowly . Never twist your back on the lion , and do everything you’re able to to appear big than you are ( arouse your arms or scatter open your jacket ) .
In the event the cougar still wo n’t leave , it ’s time to throw rocks or branches , essentially whatever you could reach without crouching or change state your back , in its direction . The estimation is to convince it you are not prey . If that does n’t wreak , it’stime to fight back .
" A tramper in Southern California used a rock to fend off a mountain lion that was attacking his Logos , " the National Park Service order . " Others have fought back successfully with spliff , caps , jackets , garden puppet , and their au naturel manus . "
