[pct-l] Mountain Lion Attack

[Mike Flannigan]

A cat is unlikely to attack a tent.  It goes against their
instinct.  It's kind of like attacking a rock to them.


Mike


On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, billbatch at cox.net wrote:
>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:02:34 -0800
>From: "Bill Batchelor" <billbatch at cox.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mountain Lion Attack
>To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>
>
>Okay folks,
>
>The only animal that gets into my psychology when hiking alone is the
>Mountain Lion.  All this chat about Lions will not help me sleep on the PCT
>this summer.  When these beasts get in my head walking at dusk, sitting by
>my stove, lying in bed...  Every snap or sound is a small jolt - my head
>swivels and I wonder, "am I being watched".
>
>Even sleeping cowboy style becomes a problem alone.  I know that
>statistically there have been no known attacks of a sleeping hiker in or out
>of a tent.  However, IMHO that is just a statistic that has not happened.
>Let's be real.  Cats like to hunt at night.  If a lion hunting lion came
>upon a sleeping deer -what would happen?  When I am curled up at night, I am
>as cute as a deer - I promise.