[pct-l] Lion (not the mountain variety) Encounters on the PCT

[Donna Saufley]

My list of wild animals seen (the reason I love to get out there!)

 

                Bears                     6

                Mtn. Lions           2

                Bobcats                1

                Fox                         6

                Coyotes               innumerable

                Pine marten       1

                Antelope             dozens

                Elk                          hundreds (Colorado migration is
a sight to behold)

                Marmots             dozens

                Pikas                      1

 

I get so excited when I see creatures in their native environments, doing
what they do.  Never had a problem with any of them . . . except the demon
squirrel at Grouse Meadow . . . but that's another story!

 

L-Rod

 

From: patti kulesz [mailto:peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:01 PM
To: 'Len Glassner'; 'PCT-1'; Donna Saufley
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Lion (not the mountain variety) Encounters on the PCT

 


man everyone gets to have fun ...I have NEVER seen anything but
squirrels...ok I lied I saw some Marmots on Donahue a few years ago...but
thats it....I want some action! LOL I hike and camp alone ALOT and never see
anything...I've even looked for the critters when there has been sightings
and NOTHING! what the heck? 

patti  <http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/50.gif> 



--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Donna Saufley <dsaufley at sprynet.com> wrote:


From: Donna Saufley <dsaufley at sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Lion (not the mountain variety) Encounters on the PCT
To: "'Len Glassner'" <len5742 at gmail.com>, "'PCT-1'" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 3:07 PM

Some factoids about Shambala . . . Roar Foundation was founded by Tippi
Hedren, who, amongst her many lifetime accomplishments, starred in Alfred
Hitchcock's "The Birds".

If you take the Metrolink Train between Santa Clarita and
Palmdale/Lancaster, you go right past Shambala and can see the lions,
tigers, and elephants.  

It's a local rumor that a leopard escaped a few years ago, and is running
wild someone in the local mountains.  No idea of it's factual, but without
any escapees, we have plenty of sightings of bobcats and mountain lions, and
occasionally even bears.

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Len Glassner
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:18 PM
To: PCT-1
Subject: [pct-l] Lion (not the mountain variety) Encounters on the PCT

Last year I camped near the power lines just north of Soledad Canyon
Road (around mile 446). Darkness brought the sound of periodic
ROARing.  Hmmm...the map does say I'm in or near Bobcat Canyon, but
this sounds like...more.

Turned out that this place is somewhere nearby -

http://www.shambala.org/
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