6 Mountain Lion Encounters That Will Horrify You

6 Mountain Lion Encounters That Will Horrify You

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In this compilation video, we go over multiple clips that range from mountain lion attacks, cougar encounters and even puma spottings. What makes these ''caught on camera'' moments so scary is the fact that they were filmed in remote areas like a forests, arizona or california desert or even national parks.

We feature a clip where a man tries to tame a mountain lion, men in a canoe encounter a cougar, a man out hunting at night encounters a large mountain lion, a woman on a hike fights off a stalking cougar, a few hunting dogs run after a mountain lion and a pair of hunters have a mountain lion spotting.

These wild cats can be very scary. Some of these creepy videos even feature moments where people were chased down by these animals, which are known to attack or stalk people who are out camping, hunting or mountain biking in the wild.

These mountain lion vs man moments are sure to give you the chills and the fact that some people were lucky enough to capture these near death experiences on gopros or on tape makes it even crazier. Some of these have even gone wrong.

[samuraicupcake]

"She attempts to scare off the cougar by screaming..."
Woman : "AERGH!"

[jh]

The Narrator's voice is more horrifying than the clips 😀

[MH-ocde]

"... two men paralyzed with fear for several minutes" - cut to 2 heavily armed hunters with grins on their faces, excitedly recording the mountain lion from a distance.

[darlanahernandez]

The second video was just a cougar being exhausted from swimming and wanted a place to take a break . And the first video the cougar had no claws and it was missing teeth . This is terribly sad and cruel to do to a cat .

[strzaaolo]

The most horrifying thing in this clip was the woman screeching at the cougar.

[younggun]

No 6. No fangs in the young cougar's mouth. What happened to this Cougar? What a cruel people.

[ListlessSilence]

I’ve had 3 separate encounters with mountain lions while hiking in my lifetime of 23 years, I know videos like this are intentionally dramatic and exaggerated, but if you actually do a tiny amount of research, mountain lion attacks are incredibly rare. They’re generally timid creatures despite their size, it may be scary if you’re face to face with one but the chance of it being aggressive is very low, in all 3 instances where I spooked a mountain lion while out hiking every single one of them booked it from me fast as possible. So there’s really not much reason to be scared of mountain lions, they’re easy to scare away generally. If you have the misfortune of stumbling upon a mother mountain lion with her babies it’s very important to try to back away from those mountain lions soon as possible, while never turning your back on them.



Edit: I went hiking in the dark recently around 3AM, after hiking about 2 miles in I spotted a pair of eyes staring at me intently, after making a bit of noise and trying to scare it off I started throwing rocks in it’s direction to no avail, other than some slight head movement. In this area I was hiking there’s Deer, Elk, Black Bears, and Mountain Lions, with mountain lion sightings not uncommon in the area, with its behavior and the size of the eyes I recognized it was a mountain lion right away, and that of a potentially aggressive mountain lion. As I mentioned, mountain lions are generally timid, especially my encounters with them, but I said generally. This one wasn’t at all dazed by my bright light, the noise I was making, or the rocks I was hurling toward it, after giving up on trying to scare it away I started hiking again turning around very often and making sure it wasn’t stalking me. I eventually lost sight of its eyes and continued on, about a mile after my encounter with the mountain lion I once again noticed a big pair of eyes staring at me, it was closer this time, since it did not run away just from hearing me I once again figured it was a mountain lion, I don’t know if it was the same one and it was stalking me, which is dangerous behavior when a mountain lion does that to a human, or if it was a different mountain lion, nevertheless, I once again started throwing rocks toward it and eventually hitting a tree which made a very loud noise this time it ran away but right as it ran away I could make out it’s figure and it was as I thought, it was a mountain lion. I still believe mountain lions are generally timid but not always, I think it being completely dark might of given the mountain lion a sense of confidence it might not have had if it was during the day, but it all ended well, I continued on my way after scaring it away, and I didn’t see it again. I was hiking alone in the dark trying to beat the heat, which turned out to be 95F that day, if you’re hiking alone in the dark I’d definitely recommend some type of protection, I highly doubt you’d need it but you can never know. 8/2/22

[KeepTheGates]

2:03 I'm so glad you put that red arrow there. I wouldn't have seen the cat without it.

[snafuart]

You can summon this under: Stupid humans and poor cougars.

[kylef]

I was hiking one time with a buddy of mine, we were in a canyon, we started at about 6 at night just to hike back to this little kick it spot I know of, when we got there we didn’t expect it to be so dark, the sky was light but the canyon was like really dark. So we decided to just head back early, as we were walking back out of the canyon, I had my tactical flashlight pointed at the ground because I didn’t want to step on a rattlesnake or something, and out of nowhere we just hear something scurry off the ground and bushes being moved really loud. I point my flashlight up and I shit you not, a mountain lion was probably about 10 yards away from us up the trail, and it was big, we were looking at it in the flashlight only and it was just staring back at us . Me and my homie were just stuck looking between each other and the mountain lion, and it kind of pranced off into the tall grass on the right side, and as it was disappearing into the grass we hear the bushes on the left rustle around and a little baby mountain lion comes out and follows it’s mom across the trail. We stood there for about 30 seconds, and it’s a canyon so there’s only 1 way out, I’m lucky my homie was a big guy, cause I’m kind of small. So we just started walking past the tall grass and I was kind of beating the grass lightly with my trekking pole and shouting “hey don’t try it, don’t try it!” Lol but once we made it past the spot I kept shining my light back behind us every 3 seconds or so to make sure that shit wasn’t following us. It was honestly one of the craziest things I’ve ever experienced when it comes to wildlife. I saw a black bear one time in Wyoming on our way to Yellowstone, but we were in the car, not on a trail, and it was crossing the road between the trees. Anyway, just wanted to share that story, definitely an experience .

[JonnyGoodwood]

One time I hiked from my house to the gas station. It's about half a mile of asphalt and level terrain. It was early morning and the only noises were cars in the distant and some faint sounds of dogs barking. After I got to the store and starting heading back, I noticed something had started to follow me. I picked up my pace a bit and started getting nervous. Suddenly a strange shape jumped from behind the high grass on the side of the road. I was terrified that it could be a mountain lion or cougar...but it was just my neighbors cat. My life is pretty average.

[lyria]

While hiking alone in the Eastern Sierras, I was stalked by a cougar. It followed behind me at close range and I wasn't aware of it until I turned around. Thankfully It chose to hide and not attack. Like sharks, they are around us much more than we are aware.

[mikeef]

#5 That was not a canoe, it was a big boat, I think the cougar was just swimming to the otherside of the lake.
I also think a few of the encounters were not predatorial, just curious cougars watching the strange animals that stand up right.

[acali]

“An intruder in her camp site” you’re in the wilderness, that’s the cougars home, you’re the intruder lol

[walleyehunter]

You can always make out a cougar sighting through thick woods at 250 meters but you can never make out a Bigfoot sighting even at 25 feet 😄😄😄

[HaruFae]

1:22 wtf no fangs or claws? No wonder the guy was all confident.. that's messed up

[marcwhite]

When I was 7 my family visited our farm property in eastern Washington as weekend warriors. Driving up a cougar was walking on the side of the road. My dad made no big deal about it. We set up a tent while it was walking across the road. Saw it a few times that summer. It kept its distance, had plenty of deer and elk. Never had any issues. Respect the animal and it’s ability to kill. Do not fear or vilify the animal.

[PapaBear]

How can an animal that has no idea you're there leave you crippled in fear? That last one shouldn't have even been on the list

[jeromtablet]

That lady "yelling" had me dead hahaha. What is that sound man. makes her sound more like prey. And when she threw the stone I don't think it even came close, nor was it touching any of the leaves, by the sound of it.

[April-tz]

2:57 the woman was the intruder in the forest. Not the mountain lion.