Mountain Lion has a bad day!

Gina

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I got this email yesterday thought I would share.....



A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision...

The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and d ecided he wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose... for the lion.

As the lion approached the dogs the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, than whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride... as if nothing had just happened.

Fortunately even though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife got off these four...
 

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Emg

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yeah, the lion was already dead before the mule got a hold of it. My daughter had checked up on that at Snopes a while back. Cool pics anyway ! ;)
 

Gina

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My neice sent me that yesterday. I had no idea it was already dead when the mule got ahold of it. Kinda even looked like the mountain lion was trying to swat at it in the first pic.
I told my husband I kinda felt bad for it even though, if it had gone after our dogs I wouldn't have.
 
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