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Luciferous

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68. My cousin and I came across a cougar while we were hiking in Wisconsin.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 03:41 PM
Jan 2018

It came out of the woods about 15 feet from us, stopped on the path and looked at us, and then kept on walking back in to the woods. Everyone said we were full of it, but we know what we saw!

Not sure if goats count, lapucelle Jan 2018 #1
Yes, wild goats count.. Met a mother goat and its child on a trail in Glacier National Park once Stuart G Jan 2018 #4
A friend was gored and bled to death by a mt goat. I wasn't there, but they are not small tame goat uppityperson Jan 2018 #29
I brought my kitten sam up to the cottage. I put food out for her at night. She was inside applegrove Jan 2018 #2
taking a walk near where I work Skittles Jan 2018 #3
Thank You for sharing ...great story..wonderful. Stuart G Jan 2018 #5
Lovely! silverweb Jan 2018 #17
it does; what gorgeous creatures! Skittles Jan 2018 #20
(see #23 below...) lastlib Jan 2018 #25
see that would freak me out Skittles Jan 2018 #27
I'm so jealous.... silverweb Jan 2018 #26
the tufted ears are very cool indeed Skittles Jan 2018 #28
Yeah, they are. silverweb Jan 2018 #35
About 20 years ago, my late husband & I went whalewatching on a zodiac in the AuAu Channel catbyte Jan 2018 #6
What a memory! silverweb Jan 2018 #18
"...got out with camera, and got within two or three feet of it...." shanny Jan 2018 #7
I take my dog Max BigMin28 Jan 2018 #8
I was squirrel hunting one day and fell asleep sitting on the ground using a doc03 Jan 2018 #9
another one--dead of winter, out in woods looking for a cow about to have a calf.... lastlib Jan 2018 #32
That's quite cute uppityperson Jan 2018 #56
Oh...I forgot one..I was walking on a trail in the Everglades National Park once. Stuart G Jan 2018 #10
I think it was more of an unusual encounter for it TlalocW Jan 2018 #11
As a kid we vacationed Texasgal Jan 2018 #12
What a thrill. silverweb Jan 2018 #19
Oh...just about wild animals...disclaimer.....we think that the ones discussed here are extremely Stuart G Jan 2018 #13
Two in 2017. First was at home. Went out my back door and came sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #14
Coyote sighting in the middle of Los Angeles DBoon Jan 2018 #15
wow handmade34 Jan 2018 #16
A squirrel bit my finger. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2018 #21
Last July I reached into a bag of mulch Comatose Sphagetti Jan 2018 #22
Middle of the night. In the woods. In my sleeping bag........ lastlib Jan 2018 #23
I was peed on by a tiger TubbersUK Jan 2018 #24
I was peed on by an ourang-outang hvn_nbr_2 Jan 2018 #40
That sounds almost cute :) TubbersUK Jan 2018 #41
Some years ago, I was visiting my father's grave on his birthday. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2018 #30
On a canoe trip, we drank a lot of koolaid before bed Jarqui Jan 2018 #31
You were very fortunate to get away unscathed!! 2naSalit Jan 2018 #36
Bears usually do not like noise Jarqui Jan 2018 #43
I wouldn't bet money on your last statement.... 2naSalit Jan 2018 #44
This stuff happened many years ago and maybe we were naive. Jarqui Jan 2018 #48
Bears can move much faster than a human but not for as long a time. PufPuf23 Jan 2018 #54
Camping in New Zealand jpak Jan 2018 #33
Walking down a trail in SE AK bush when I came to a sudden stop because something unseen was uppityperson Jan 2018 #34
That's 2naSalit Jan 2018 #37
Black bear or brown bear? nt PufPuf23 Jan 2018 #51
There were lots of black, but I was near the ocean where there are also brownies uppityperson Jan 2018 #53
There is a big difference. PufPuf23 Jan 2018 #55
I know there's a big difference, just don't know from those tracks that time uppityperson Jan 2018 #57
Not in Alaska and have not been there since 1997. PufPuf23 Jan 2018 #62
Years ago a wild turkey nearly knocked my off my stoop csziggy Jan 2018 #38
get some bear spray, it works on more than just bears...nt 2naSalit Jan 2018 #46
Big problem for me with bear spray - it is capsaicin csziggy Jan 2018 #47
That would be a problem... 2naSalit Jan 2018 #49
Not a Happy Ending, unfortunately Nictuku Jan 2018 #39
We let manatees drink from our house at the end of dewsgirl Jan 2018 #42
i speak chipmunk. would sit out on our lake cottage 'patio' w/ seeds + being a food station. pansypoo53219 Jan 2018 #45
Reading through this is reminding me of several encounters I've had. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #50
I have tons of stories 2naSalit Jan 2018 #52
Great thread. Mine's not exciting... Duppers Jan 2018 #58
Porcupine jberryhill Jan 2018 #59
I got carjacked by a bear.... fNord Jan 2018 #60
A raccoon stole my lunch. jg10003 Jan 2018 #61
My encounters LWolf Jan 2018 #63
Wow. Carried a weapon with you? Duppers Jan 2018 #69
No weapon, LWolf Jan 2018 #70
I lived in a cabin in the woods and... zanana1 Jan 2018 #64
I was in the back part of the house when I heard something hit the front of the house. bullsnarfle Jan 2018 #65
Great OP and threads marked50 Jan 2018 #66
Returning home after a late shift years ago... Orrex Jan 2018 #67
My cousin and I came across a cougar while we were hiking in Wisconsin. Luciferous Jan 2018 #68
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