Update: TV news reported today a car hit a cougar on the highway near Montesano, so yeah, they’re out here, and yes, they do their business in our backyard.
Pretty sure the Hound of the Baskervilles was freaking out a 1 a.m. the other night because a cougar was out there. I got a decent look at it. But hey, the big ones are actually the least dangerous — they only grew big because they avoided people and stayed out of trouble. Not that I want to walk up and try to pet one.
The Red Pen of Doom 
I’d want to be sure I could run fast in hiking boots before I went out there.
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Oh big deal. I hike near mountain lions all the damn time. Saw one chasing a buck deer ten days ago. I agree – plague – or hanta virus – now that’s some scary shit!
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Saw scarier one at Painted Desert…warning of plague!
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