[pct-l] cougars in San Gabriels

[Bob]

Apologies to all who have heard my cougar story too many times.  

In 2004, my wife and I were a couple miles south of Pines to Palms Hwy
(Paradise Café) on the PCT when a Mtn biker came up from behind and stopped
to chat. He asked if we had seen mountain lion tracks.   I said that, no, so
far we hadn't seen any.    He asked if we knew what they looked like.   I
said, "Absolutely."   He then said something we will never forget: "Well, I
look for them too and I've seen some.  There are mountain lion tracks behind
you and they are INSIDE your boot prints."

We had been followed.  Nothing unusual in that, but I sure do look around
more now, especially when hiking alone.

Dr Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of bharve at dslextreme.com
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:54 PM
To: montypct
Cc: PCT-L
Subject: Re: [pct-l] cougars in San Gabriels

Several folks in my neighborhood have sighted cougars.  Now one has gotten
a good picture of a cougar right next to a popular hiking trail.  The
picture and story appeared in the Fri. Jan 26 issue of a foothills
newspaper, and the story has been picked up a day later by the LA Times.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cougar26jan26,1,1265883.story?ctrack
=5&cset=true

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