Thunderf00t and the Mountain Lion

[Yachera]

Always keep a firearm, knife, or any other weapon you can legally have or are comfortable with when going into the wilderness. There is no society there to protect you it is just you and nature. glad to see you only got a scare. I had an incident when I was camping with a friend. A pack of coyotes gathered around our tent; even after a loaded up the 12 ga I was still scared. There is something truly enlightening about having experienced that "prey" feeling, It made me feel closer to nature.

[SUPERKNOWZ]

Could have been the squatch -

peace

knowz

[aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy]

That cat had your back. He was making sure no deer attacked you.

[SelfInflictedDeicide]

I was waiting for the CGI cat to pounce with a loud noise.

[14koder]

wow thunderfoot, you are so awesome

[INMATE2468]

It was a religious mountain lion stalking you!

[themadlolscientist]

Cloven tracks! That cat was stalking SATAN! =^..^=

[MathPhysChemSkyNerd]

Puma concolor.

[TheMMaster2007]

Now the question of course is, did God place the twig there? Or did he send the mountain lion?

Discuss!

[takebackkean]

the twig saved our life thats at least one time something other then science saved it.

[blade004]

Even in the daylight i wouldn't be walking around there the next day, i would be getting the fuck out of there!

[TheFingerbuns]

I was kinda expecting slenderman or the Rake or something, lmao.

[sk8erguy123456]

It sounded alot like dawa films, following you up to 9,000 ft to not threaten you

[thediggyk]

This is a terrible Blair Witch sequel. :)

[MardasMan]

Mountain lions are shy, Mr Mason, you don't have to make a fuss out of it.

[NaNaCase49]

Very scary and beautiful at the same time!

[UndeadLight]

This is like Monsterquest. Only we know mountain lions actually exist. 

[diaflux]

Cougars can smell "nervously" as I'm sure you know. Good to hear you got back to your vehicle safely thunderf00t.

[buttface112211]

lol, welcome to america thunderfoot.

[leannvlewis]

When you're out in the woods you should wear a bell or another kind of noise maker for such encounters.

[zeplinair]

I taut I saw a puddytat!

[BorrieBeats]

thank fuck for twigs

[morgannicgregor]

Eeek!

[qwyzl]

you know what else has "cloven hooves", don't you, thunderf))t?! ; ) (kidding)

[blackcrow6667]

You almost got nohmed.

[JungleHyena]

Haaaa cool it was a lion ... if it had been a burning bush .. you would have had some explaining to do :D

[RainyLandMedia]

Better name:

Thunderf00t "VS" the Mountain Lion!

Now, that's something I'd like to watch!

[redshift40]

I have been out with my scope many times alone, on a mountain, hearing animals in the woods. Grizzly bears, mountain lions, black bears. It sure freaks you out!

[holysumon]

Much like "Monsterquest" XD

[Ital21]

Very Blair Witch Project.

[kpshanahan]

TF get a 'real' torch, not that LED toy, maybe something that attaches to the top of the car...

[Cocarat206]

Huh, say what you will about America. Without any Americans in it, it's rather pretty XD

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

My animal spirit guide told me that British Atheists taste like chicken. :)

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

Are you beginning to understand why so many Americans believe they need to own guns? :)

[PapalTime]

@SmokeRingsPipeDreams Yes, if you live at 9000 ft.

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

@PapalTime  We have a mountain lion prowling a couple of blocks from where I live right now and I live on the outskirts of a city with 70,000 people in it. It was last seen in someones front yard.

[SmokeRingsPipeDreams]

@PapalTime You may think I'm kidding you, but put : montana news "mountain lion" into google and see what comes up.

[PapalTime]

@SmokeRingsPipeDreams Put Australia into google and see what comes up.

[idlenessss]

it was a message from God.

[the5thCount]

Thunderf00t, please buy a gun. I don't want you to die of animal mauling.

[Manthing32]

You do not need a gun to scare away a mountain lion. please. Just yell at them and PRESTO!!!! they run away from you in retarded cat like fear. They just want to go home and sleep. they are lazy and vey much like domestic cats.

[mysock351W]

@Manthing32 No, I'll prefer to shoot it if it decides to bumrush me. I dont think a Homer Simpson shreak is going to make much of a dent in its meal plans, but your certainly free to try that out ;)

[robthesamplist]

The short death is terrifying as they screech right before attacking to scare the prey. I wonder how long she was eyeing you for . Get a gun and a perimeter wire alert for your peace of mind if you insist on being alone in the wild.

[donyunger]

Here kitty.kitty...

[ThisIsMyDeen]

I saw a mountain lion sleeping on a rock by the creek that cut through my fairly suburban neighborhood when I was in my early teens. No one believed me until two weeks later, a mountain lion roughed up someone's pet dog not 5 miles away. They're incredibly beautiful beasts; if I was going to be killed by a wild animal, I'd like it to be a mountain lion.

[ashley060189]

Talk about too close for comfort... I once had a cougar under my car during the night (heard very distinctive growling & found paw prints the next day). That'll make anyone go buy a gun before going out into the wilderness again.

[scienceandreasoniluv]

Saw thunderfoot, damn mountain lion must have shit itself.

[hcdfanatic83]

This looks like Tall Trees from Red Dead Redemption.

[chromakey84]

i have bee hunted by a m. lion before. I used to work at a wild animal reserve and i would catch them stalking me all the time.. good thing I carry a 5 cree bulb torch!!

[geodgereturns]

Yeah. Welcome to nature. Had a night time bear encounter yet? Get ready. Wild boar?

Just came back from visit to Cape Breton. People totally spooked by fatalities there in last few years from coyote and moose.

[SyokFROG]

pix or it didnt happen!

jk =P

[JamesThWilliams]

@qpboii2k9

But when was the last time you heard of a wolf killing a human? Cougars, Bears, Deer, Elk, Moose, and Buffalo are all far more dangerous than wolves. Deer especially, more people are killed by deer in north america than any other animal (not counting microbes).

[ripporter]

Couldn't they just have been deer? They also have a reflective layer in their eyes that can reflect back green. It's more likely than a cougar because there are more deers than cougars, which are apex predators.

I've petted a cougar. Some can be quite friendly, but it is best to make yourself scarce if you thing there's one in the area.

[ripporter]

@ripporter edit: "....think there's one..."

[13ryan886]

hmm clumsy lion. usually you don't know they're there until have their front paws dug into your neck.

[ralfjacobs]

@13ryan886 and you know that because of experience? oh wait you would be dead if that happened ah well

[whynotzoidburg]

Lol Tf00t looks like a mountain lion himself. Maybe the lion wasn't hungry but horny. XD

[sailcat9]

Mountain lions' primary prey are deer, and where there are deer there are cougars. There is no practical reason to carry weapons to fend them off when you are camping as T-f00t is, but it pays to be prudent and to remain vigilant. It is also a good idea to camp with a buddy for support in the event of an accident, by the way...not to be critical or anything.

[HentaiFundamentalist]

I hear mountain lions!.. Better drink my own urine.

[canesrule96]

Proof for that mountain lion- a claim, plus lion tracks to support the claim.

Proof for God- a claim

[JamesThWilliams]

@qpboii2k9

I think you confused canids with bears.

[pchtermino1]

TF I think your videos are wonderful. Your videos helped paved the way for my atheism. I grew up in the mountains and have done a bit of tracking. I hate to say it but....... I don't think you could track a muddy dog through a clean kitchen. : )

[woodenmajor]

tfoot ,you silly git ,you shouldnt be in wilderness areas armed with only a camera ,you in america now ,get yourself a basic firearm .id recommend a .22 semi auto pistol ,its small ,fairly light ,is very easy to shoot and the ammo is cheap (500 rds for $12 ) so you can target shoot for next to nothing .you can carrie it hidden away in small rucksack (so as not to freak out other hikers ) and it will buy you a lil peace of mind out in the boonies .a few overhead will turn a cat ,bear or ?

[Bax7a]

That twig saved your life.

[mamolian]

Hahaha didnt realise the danger you were putting yourself in to make these vids! Thats pretty heroic!!! ;)

[SongofthePresence]

He is up at over 9000! feet.

[CitizenICREDIBLE]

I have ran into some cougars at the clubs. they almost chewed my dick off.

[SuperSoylent2]

Yep - game trail. The lunch counter for cougars.

[alconaftika]

Thank god he got away. Thats something to be born again about. )

[luminaeus]

How many neighbor-loving, pacifist, peaceful Christians wished that you were eaten by the lion, I wonder?

[mafarmerga]

Cloven hooves? Hmmm... maybe it wasn't a deer!

Thanks for not Rick Rolling us at 3:08

[sjcpal]

Is that Lassen

[tvraids]

Blood on the trail at 3:27?

I prefer the genus name 'Puma' because they are neither restricted to mountains nor are they lions.

[ScienceWillPrevail]

@tvraids I think that was just pinecones you saw.

[lordscully]

cloven tracks? it must have been lucifer! he has reflective eyes. and he brought jerry falwell with him.

[roadkill1001]

He's the lion man, doing all he can!

[evilgenius2003]

Good thing it was just a mountain lion. For a minute there I thought it might have been the blair witch.

[TreVelocita]

Ray Mears is spinning in his hammock.

[Mimi2591]

Its a relief that you weren't attacked, damn you're lucky that the cat might have been unusually clumsy to alarm you.

[riothero313]

It's like Jurassic Park, you set up your camp on a game trail xD

[imnotthisoldlol]

The Mountain lions I trained for 6 months to stalk you down failed?

[toxzen]

blairwitchprojectf00t

[Mikeybetts]

some christians will now say "ooh it was a sign from god for you to stop"

to that i say

BULLSHIT!

if it was a "sign" to stop, then it failed miserably.

THUNDERF00T FOREVER!!

[tmargette]

cracks me up when people bring religion into the conversation of a video that nothing to do with religion! :) lol. these videos make me miss california.

[mudclips]

Breaking news: Mountain traveler blows up lions with sodium bombs out of self defense

[sparkyjunk]

Zeus saved you, bro!

[Jaiyeson]

Nature U scary!!

[beardedbeard]

Mountain Kitty! Just scratch her on the ears and you will be fine.

[buktomsin]

Bearf00t?

or

Thunder grylls?

[TartarusFalling]

@buktomsin Nah; Tf00t doesn't sleep in hotels when 'roughing it'.

[chrism4n14]

@buktomsin Neither 'cause he didn't drink his own piss :)

[Jansmaaa]

It would've been so scary to be in your shoes at that particular moment. Glad your alive! And get a weapon of some sorts. A big knife at least.

[randomperson2538]

@Jansmaaa He could be like Crocodile Dundee. With a Jesus beard.

[DjScudMissile]

Probably saw Tfoot's hair and thought he was a lion

[RedheDude]

Clearly, since the Cat didn't eat him, it's proof that gods judgement is NOT coming.

But seriously TF, get a fucking gun.

[revolvingdoo]

@RedheDude I agree with this, normally I am against firearms in their entirety ,but in a wilderness like this, where there are significant numbers of predators, a gun is a must have for survival.

[Leadman1989]

@RedheDude

No he should use a Katana or a broad sword. BAMF

[mostliberal]

@RedheDude I think he's a British citizen. I don't think he can get a gun even if he wanted to.

[Berelore]

mountain lions get the the deer drive though and for some reason all the deer have been scared off tonight, oooo whats that over there looks like a squishy dear scarerizer bet it will taste good.

[jellehenk]

Its the holy cat of vengeance come to cleanse the world of Thunderfoot!!

jk

jk

Good to see your still alive : D

[Southparker100000000]

Shoulda bought a gun before you went tromping around in someone else backyard. Liberal hikers piss me off.

[Rationalific]

Don't worry. They were more afraid of you than you were of them...

......I think......

[zippythewildone]

If there was a God they would have eaten you for being a dirty atheist. (Or for teasing a bald man.)

[HealthyCabbie]

What a shame it didn't frigging eat him...

:-)

Christian Andy..

[kippetthegreat]

@HealthyCabbie idiot lol

[HealthyCabbie]

@kippetthegreat: You fool..

[timbongo666]

i liked the fisheye timelapse

[ravenjehuty]

do take care of yourself out there thunderf00t. even though you seem like the travelling sort who's no stranger to natures sudden surprises, you must always come to expect the unexpected. this was a prime example of it. don't get yourself caught but something that isn't looking to make friends.

[isizinyo]

Man if only there was a burning bush as well ;-)

[UrbanAgentofChaos]

"bright green sapphire eyes", there are green sapphires? Didn't know that.

[GuacamoleKun]

Woah, man! Scary!

I literally just got back from Mount Rainier, and on one of our hikes we saw a black bear in a meadow like that, and the next day in a particularly lonely and gloomy stretch of forest we heard something breaking sticks a little ways away but we couldn't see anything. It was probably another black bear though, which is not as scary as a cat, IMO.

[tabernumse]

what is that place called?

[TomMSTie1138]

It was Manbearpig!

[ShwangShwing]

People who walk the mountains usually don't recommend going to the mountain alone.

[GypsyLeah]

OH GOD IT'S A LION

No wait.. Thunderf00t needs a shave...

[emaildoctor]

Mountain lion pug marks! Good find a good move to the car. Gotta love Tfoot.

[abermouse]

try not to get eaten my lions dude, you're a rare voice of reason in an increasingly mad world!

[Digityus]

Did it give you an eerie sense of your own mortality when you discovered the direction in which the lion was heading? Especially considering the distance between you two, the distance to the car, the time of night, and your vision versus the lion's?

[AprilElyseMartin]

thank Science you that you were okay.

[tvsinesperanto]

I reckon that tripod would have made a better weapon than the camera

[TheFreethinker1986]

Just remember, for every mountain lion you see, there are at least four that have seen you.

[Crazy80563]

Don't worry Thunderf00t anything coming across you in the dark Is sure to more afraid of you than you aught to be of it. I love your vid's keep them comming.

[nickrohn93]

@Crazy80563 A group of mountain lions hunting do not generally have a disposition to fright? Sort of following suit considering they are *hunting.*

[Digityus]

@nickrohn93 Rodger that. At that proximity, the lion is already committed to its intended prey. It was only a matter of time before it committed to attacking. From what I've gathered, they're rather brutal when they commit to a kill. What I found amazing, as I mentioned a minute ago, was the distance between him, the lion, and the car. And nothing happened. I wonder if he was intended as a training tool for the cub before he became dinner for both. Guess we'll never know, thankfully..lol

[Crazy80563]

@nickrohn93 I have yet to hear of mountain lions hunting in groups, but I suppose anything is possible, like the fact that some people make it their business to point out obvious errors even if the intention was humour. Peace!

[SimoonSam]

@nickrohn93 Mountain lions are, as far as we know, solitary hunters. This mountain lion was with a cub, not a hunting pack. This doesn't mean they don't hunt in groups though. For example, we have always thought of cheetahs as solitary hunters until the "Life" team caught a small group of three brother cats hunting as a team.

[SimoonSam]

@nickrohn93 And mountain lions don't typically hunt humans. They were more likely just traveling, or curious as to what Mr. f00t was.

[Maxdwolf]

@SimoonSam Still a good idea to make distance, with a cub nearby. Even if not, a cougar near starvation might, theoretically, decide to have a go at it. With the drought, I wouldn't be surprised to find hunger a problem amongst the apex predators.

[SimoonSam]

@Maxdwolf Indeed, distance is important when encountering any potentially dangerous wild animal. And I agree, nearby offspring do make things a lot more dangerous. As I said earlier though, it's just not a good idea to make distance quickly, since these cats are more likely to attack a moving/running target. Easier said than done when there's a large predatory cat in front of you though. :B

[Maxdwolf]

@SimoonSam Didn't see that earlier post, but agree completely. Running just sends the message that you are prey and most of the time you wouldn't make it.

Once camped out in my Uncle's yard with my cousin as an adolescent. As he was a park ranger we got to do this in Yosemite. Woke up around 20 minutes before sunrise and was greeted by the sight of a pack of coyotes crossing the road (thought they were wolves). Didn't even occur to me until years later that I may have been at risk.

[vaderman003]

Watch the video without sound. The first minute or so looks like he is making a ransom video for the young 14 girl he abducted.

[slyster12]

Just take care Thunderf00t.

[PiskieBenWa]

Would a mountain lion attack a human? ... personally I would be more concerned about bears, ... but them I am not really sure where he is, ( or if its true that he likes to strip naked in the woods when alone and cover himself in peanut butter!? )

[Elmoogle]

Anybody who's played Red Dead Redemption knows the best way to deal with a mountain lion is to jump on a horse and run for your god-damned life.

[kenshin304]

Wow, some scary shit.  Thunder foot till me how does it feel to be caught in such a primal moment of predator and prey?

[TempleOfInanna2]

I guess god stayed the mountain lion's mouth from eating you, Thunderfoot. Like Daniel in the lion's den. Praise Jebus!!

[Chunderitis]

I thought mountain lions were like tiny little cute lions, but the weigh up to 100kg! Pretty nasty!

[SimoonSam]

Mountain lions aren't particularly dangerous to humans. They usually will attack moving targets like joggers or bikers. I guess the movement triggers their "attack" instinct. The obvious danger you were in was brought about by the fact that it was a mother with her cub. It's a good thing you didn't run and it's a good thing you were carrying the large beat-stick (tripod). The cats were probably just as afraid of you as you were of them.

[SimoonSam]

@SimoonSam I love how I start with saying that they aren't dangerous, then I go on to say when and how they attack humans. What I should have also mentioned is that those scenarios are usually the only times when attacks occur and mountain lion attacks on humans are rare. Deaths by mountain lion are even more rare. But that doesn't mean our fear of them isn't justified. We apes naturally fear large, unrestrained predatory animals. :]

[Crazy80563]

@SimoonSam Thank you, I feel vindicated.

[SimoonSam]

Survivorf00t

[radahad000]

@SimoonSam blairwitchf00t

[CO2Junkie]

Mountain Lion for the win!

[Keiichi81]

@Thunderf00t Gotta' watch out for those things! A friend of mine had to run from a mountain lion last year too while she was watching a meteor shower in the moutains above Los Angeles.

[YountFilm]

Welcome to America, TF! From the mountains to the churches, we have all sorts of man-eating beasts...

[robskalas]

Good thing the cat wasn't a creationist!!

[SSJ3Ulcer]

Thunderfoot, you were almost an unwilling participant in a reenactment of the first scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[XerxusExanju]

lol, holy crap dude, you lucked out.

[edwardtang1977]

you should leave your ivory tower/forrest and socialize more.

[allmanjoy]

glock.com/english/glock33.htm

[eyedoc1956]

That land is gorgeous!

[jmdnarri]

If you were Christian you could claim, God intervened and saved you, too bad you can only credit your own instincts and nerve.

[beswick1306]

curiously, it was your evolutionary, survival instincts that saved you

[Thinchap]

Im assuming you couldn't have just dropped a concussion grenade and double jumped your ass out of there ;-)

[Shawnruss]

Could you imagine the reaction from christians if the mountain lion ate him?

Kings 2:23-24

"Keep taking pictures of the sky heathen child"

"OM NOM NOM"

Makes sense

lol

[Brandt761]

@Shawnruss if Thunderf00t was eaten...would anyone even find out? 

[Souplesse000]

Wakes you up doesn't it? As long as there are catamounts you can call it wilderness.

[JolleyEFC]

Thunderf00t's survival is clearly the direct result of divine intervention

[FreeeeS]

I get the feeling man is the only predatory mammal capable of tracking(by prints), but still smell or sight is still more efficient than tracking by print, i think. By tracking prints early man could figure the predators range and get the fuck away from it :P

[FreeeeS]

have you seen NG video with lioness and the cameraguy so close dammit

[Ihatemelee]

also, thank you this footage was beautiful, just be careful out there man

[Ihatemelee]

Ambush crit for over 9000!!!!!

what? look at my name you expected less?

[TheReaverOfDarkness]

@Ihatemelee My highest ambush crit was about 5000. >.< I hate rogues.