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October 14, 2009

Video Report: Utah Runner Faces Off With Cougar

By Dave Hurteau

From KSL 5 News:

Just out of nowhere, I saw this mountain lion come charging at me," [trail runner Steve] Newman said. . . .

He screamed at the top of his lungs, grabbed a tree branch, beat it on the ground and walked backwards. . . .

"I'm embarrassed to say this, but I was showing my teeth," Newman said. . . .

"I was definitely saying a prayer in my head and really thinking that I was going to die and not going to see my wife and my three girls again," Newman said.

Be sure to check out the video.

 

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from Mike Diehl wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Classic male primate threat response. Show your teeth, grab a club, beat the ground, and make noise. He should be proud, not embarressed. A long line of hominid ancestors are nodding to each other and chuckling in an ape-like way at the effectiveness of this age-old tactic.

Check out the video. Two anchor-people who look like they've been using "Joker brand" cosmetics.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

He handled the situation well. Good for him.

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from shane wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

A great example of the only way to survive this. Running from a cougar is about the dumbest thing anyone could ever do. Play with a housecat and you'll see that something departing from them drives them up the wall...but this kitty weighs 150 pounds, runs 40mph, jumps 40 feet across and 19 feet up, and is stronger than any man.

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from ranger2 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I wonder how the ride down the mountain went with his shorts all loaded up?
He is a luck man, that's for sure...

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from bullrider30 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Thats pretty crazy good thing your alive

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from Derrit wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

definitely had to change is shorts after that one

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from Mike Diehl wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Classic male primate threat response. Show your teeth, grab a club, beat the ground, and make noise. He should be proud, not embarressed. A long line of hominid ancestors are nodding to each other and chuckling in an ape-like way at the effectiveness of this age-old tactic.

Check out the video. Two anchor-people who look like they've been using "Joker brand" cosmetics.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

He handled the situation well. Good for him.

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from shane wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

A great example of the only way to survive this. Running from a cougar is about the dumbest thing anyone could ever do. Play with a housecat and you'll see that something departing from them drives them up the wall...but this kitty weighs 150 pounds, runs 40mph, jumps 40 feet across and 19 feet up, and is stronger than any man.

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from ranger2 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I wonder how the ride down the mountain went with his shorts all loaded up?
He is a luck man, that's for sure...

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from bullrider30 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Thats pretty crazy good thing your alive

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from Derrit wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

definitely had to change is shorts after that one

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