Saw a mountain lion this morning hiking on Mt. Helena. My attempts to obtain photographic evidence failed miserably. I got this shot and another and the only reason I think the lion is in this shot is because the other one has a blank space in that spot. Tried to take a video but the thing didn't start! So when I pushed "stop" after the lion had gone, then of course the phone starts taking video. ARGH.
Anyway, first lion I've seen in the wild. It was only 50 yards away when I first saw it, medium size, no question in my mind what it was. It ran downhill, then cut across below me. I was pretty freaked out about what to do because right then a thunderstorm was starting and I was heading down--toward the cat. So I grabbed a big stick and walked in the pouring rain, through the dark scary lodgepole forest, yelling Hey Kitty. The whole thing got my heart rate going, that is for sure. Here's my lame photo zoomed way in that makes it look like an elk or something, or maybe nothing at all lol:
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