Mountain Lion at Whiting

Holy crap, here is the video mentioned!!!

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McG715 said:
This comment below was posted by David Whiting. The comment was in response to his recent Mountain Lion article in the Register ​
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mountain-363896-lion-lions.html


I just received this email: Yesterday, July 15th, I was running in Whiting Ranch and encountered a coyote that was clearly in distress. It allowed me to pass by - it didn't even seem to notice me. I mentioned this to two other hikers who decided to check it out. They saw the coyote and started recording it. While recording, a mountain lion walked across the trail, between them and the coyote. He has it all on video. This was on Line Shack, but the cougar tracks are all over the park. We're wondering if the coyote had a litter that was being attacked or in danger of being attacked by the mountain lion. I'm just relieved the cougar didn't chase after me when I ran past it. It apparently had no interest in the other hikers either.
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Maybe I need to start looking down and look for tracks, or even up to look for a lion. I was just at whiting yesterday around noon! If this thing is still in the park something should be done to relocate it out of the park. It is getting kind of freaky with all of these sightings in the place i go through 4 times a week
 
Holy Crap is right.. wow, I hadn't seen the video.. I only read the article and comment a few mins ago before posting.. what a sight to see..
 
That is awesome to see the clip.. that cat looks badass just cruising through with not a care in the world knowing at anytime he could take out the coyote and/or the guy filming.. this one will get some responses for sure.. $hit just got real.. and that's a good sized cat
 
Yeah I'm thinking my hand might've been a bit more jittery filming that.. or if I would've had the balls to keep filming.. great this guy pulled that off.. that video needs to get picked up and aired across all the media outlets.. it's pretty sweet, especially with that coyote calling out like that.. I'm still in awe as I watched it a couple more times.. priceless footage!
 
Bad ass looking cat! We just rode through Whiting this morning 7/16. There are still signs posted at every entry that there was a mountlion sighting LAST WEEK (7/9 I think). Nothing about this new sighting. Probably would have thought twice about riding there today had I seen this video from yesterday.
 
[video=youtube;37wqulCnKbE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37wqulCnKbE[/video]

Control yer heart rate!
 
Holy crap. Looks to me like the coyote is trying to get the lion's attention, like how birds will protect the nest by offering themselves as bait. The filmers look way to close for comfort in my book.
 
That's about as close as I want to get to either one of those hombres.

Coyotes are pretty bold around the Back Bay. We saw one trotting up the middle of Santiago Drive in Westcliff one morning. People out walking their dogs were dumbstruck how nonchalant it was.

Couple of weeks ago a neighbor's cat was found in front of the elementary school with it's midsection missing. I've seen reports of coyotes walking down Broadway in the middle of the day. East side Costa Mesa is heavily populated but that never seems to bother 'yotays.
 
HardtailBlazer said:
hopefully the next episode isnt titled "when keeping it real goes wrong"
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HA!!!!! That was a ef'n good episode of the Chappelle Show!

People built in their (wild anamials) back yard, sometimes the owners have to go check things out.
 
obie said:
That's about as close as I want to get to either one of those hombres.

Coyotes are pretty bold around the Back Bay. We saw one trotting up the middle of Santiago Drive in Westcliff one morning. People out walking their dogs were dumbstruck how nonchalant it was.

Couple of weeks ago a neighbor's cat was found in front of the elementary school with it's midsection missing. I've seen reports of coyotes walking down Broadway in the middle of the day. East side Costa Mesa is heavily populated but that never seems to bother 'yotays.
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I've had several run-ins with coyotes in my life, on and off the bike around OC. I am always surprised at how used to us they are. I hope the pumas don't adopt the same attitude.
 
Just rode whiting for the first time this past weekend.. is that video real.. can't tell if in plains of Africa or for real Whiting...
come on that aint real is it??
 
It be nice to see a mt lion in our local trails... was about to joke around but that video just took the joking out of me!
 

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