Most badass story of 2019

[RunKC]

Guy killed this motherfucker with his bare hands LMAO

How the trail runner attacked by a mountain lion in Larimer County killed the animal
Kirk Mitchell and Kieran Nicholson
PUBLISHED: February 5, 2019 at 8:07 am | UPDATED: February 5, 2019 at 11:17 am
Categories:Colorado News, Latest News, latest-headlines, News
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers confirmed through a necropsy that a jogger on Horsetooth Mountain in Larimer County survived a rare attack by a young mountain lion by suffocating the animal to death.

“After additional investigation, including examination of the lion, we have confirmed the victim’s account that he was able to suffocate the animal while defending himself from attack,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials tweeted Tuesday morning.

Although the runner was bitten and injured after the mountain lion attacked him Monday from behind, he fought for his life and was able to kill the animal. Yet questions still remain.

It’s unclear whether the runner — who has not yet been identified publicly — strangled or smothered the mountain lion. He had no weapons, so he killed the cat with his bare, bleeding hands after climbing on top of the animal, state wildlife officials said.

“It’s an amazing story. Everyone is baffled and impressed,” said Rebecca Ferrell, spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “He had no weapons, no knives or trekking poles with him. How did he do it? It’s pretty rare. That is definitely a twist on this, I’m sure.”

Monday’s incident took place in a 2,711-acre park west of Fort Collins in the foothills of Larimer County. It ranges in elevation from 5,430 feet to 7,255 feet and has 29 miles of recreational trails.

The victim was running on West Ridge Trail when he heard something behind him, Ferrell said. As he turned, he saw the mountain lion pounce for his head and neck, she said. The mountain lion bit him on the face and wrist. The victim managed to partially block the attack with his forearms, Ferrell said. He managed to fight and break free from the mountain lion.

Once he fended the mountain lion off, he counter-attacked the cat by getting on top of it, she said. There are still a few mysteries, though, including exactly how he suffocated the animal.

“We have several questions for him,” Ferrell said.

The victim was still in the hospital Tuesday receiving medical care, she said.

Wildlife officers will go to the hospital Tuesday and ask him many questions about how he survived and then killed the mountain lion, Ferrell said.

Wildlife officers also searched the trail where the runner told them his fight with the mountain lion took place, a Parks and Wildlife news release says. They found the dead mountain lion within feet of possessions the victim asked the officers to look for, it says.

Although preliminary information from the necropsy confirms the jogger’s story about the cause of death, detailed information about the mountain lion’s injuries have not been released and could take several days before they are made public.

After being attacked Monday, the man hiked to safety and was able to get to a local hospital on his own, officials said. On Monday evening, the victim was treated for serious injuries including facial bite wounds and lacerations to his arms, legs and back.

Every type of potential scenario is being considered including the unlikely possibility that the mountain lion was rabid, Ferrell said. Doctors will treat him for possible infections, she said.

Mountain lion attacks in Colorado are rare, officials said. The act of running may have triggered the young lion’s instinct to hunt.

“Mountain lion attacks are not common in Colorado and it is unfortunate that the lion’s hunting instincts were triggered by the runner,” said Ty Petersburg, area wildlife manager for CPW. “This could have had a very different outcome.”

[Shoes]

Bring him in for a look?

[BigRichard]

Bring him in for a look?

Ehhh... he is injury prone.

[Marcellus]

He choked that motherfucker out.

[Marcellus]

Anyone heard from Rain Man today?

[T-post Tom]

"Although preliminary information from the necropsy confirms the jogger’s story about the cause of death, detailed information about the mountain lion’s injuries have not been released and could take several days before they are made public."


WTF?

[Dartgod]

Reported to PETA.

[vailpass]

He should get to keep the pelt and make a cape out of it.

[T-post Tom]

Reported to PETA.

Right? You could read parts of that story and think he killed another human.

[Simply Red]

I've been trained to kill too. Non story.

[kcpasco]

I’ve been stalked in the woods bow hunting once by one. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and started making lots of noise and it ran off. It’s a terrifying expierence I wish on no one.

[Flying High D]

Probably a kitten.

[Rasputin]

Rain Man jogs in Colo ... Rain Man is a badass I knew he was.

[redfan]

Mtn Lion? Sheeeeeeeeeit, Davey Crockett killed a bear with his bare hands when he was only three.

[TambaBerry]

I’ve been stalked in the woods bow hunting once by one. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and started making lots of noise and it ran off. It’s a terrifying expierence I wish on no one.

ive been in a tree stand with 3 bobcats at the bottom of my tree looking up at me. I was scared shitless and dont even know how id react to a mountain lion

[Rasputin]

This reminds me of a rare photo of The Legend of Fisty McTatt

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[Rain Man]

Anyone heard from Rain Man today?

Rain Man jogs in Colo ... Rain Man is a badass I knew he was.

Anyone got a band-aid?


Actually, if it was me, I wouldn't have killed it. I would have gone alpha on it and then domesticated it to serve as my pet.

This was a news story here. Actually being attacked by a mountain lion is really rare, especially if you're an adult. I think I've heard of two other attacks in my 25 years in Colorado, and both were on kids. (Pro tip: don't let your small child run out of your sight on a trail.)

[kcpasco]

ive been in a tree stand with 3 bobcats at the bottom of my tree looking up at me. I was scared shitless and dont even know how id react to a mountain lion

It was probably just curious since attacks are rare. Still scary as hell and also earned my respect knowing it was probably trailing me for quite some time before I noticed it. I seriously doubt I would have been able to make a clean shot with my bow if it did decide to charge.

[Rasputin]

ive been in a tree stand with 3 bobcats at the bottom of my tree looking up at me. I was scared shitless and dont even know how id react to a mountain lion



Can't bobcats climb trees??



Its' a wary thought in your case i'd think .

[TambaBerry]

Can't bobcats climb trees??



Its' a wary thought in your case i'd think .

yeah it honestly looked like they were just curious. I fired my rifle at the ground close them and it scared them off, but if all three decided they wanted to do something to me im not sure what would have happened.

[Iowanian]

I guess he should have tapped.

[ChiefBlueCFC]

Reported to PETA.

yeah, they're probably going to have to put that guy down now.

[Rasputin]

yeah it honestly looked like they were just curious. I fired my rifle at the ground close them and it scared them off, but if all three decided they wanted to do something to me im not sure what would have happened.


I'd say worse case scenario two start climbing the tree and you start kicking at them but one bites your ankle then you lose your grip and tumble hitting every branch and your lip gets snagged and then you hit the ground with a thump and the third one pounces on the back of your neck but your able to get him off only to have the other two jump and unleash holy hell claws on your face and tear flesh from your skin and you bleed and they eat you practically alive but you scamper away limping and you see a road try to flag a car but it doesn't see you in time and you get hit by a car and I'm sorry your dead.

[ptlyon]

I'd say worse case scenario two start climbing the tree and you start kicking at them but one bites your ankle then you lose your grip and tumble hitting every branch and your lip gets snagged and then you hit the ground with a thump and the third one pounces on the back of your neck but your able to get him off only to have the other two jump and unleash holy hell claws on your face and tear flesh from your skin and you bleed and they eat you practically alive but you scamper away limping and you see a road try to flag a car but it doesn't see you in time and you get hit by a car and I'm sorry your dead.

Happened to me once

[Rasputin]

Happened to me once


I believe you.

[kcpasco]

That guy is gonna have some badass scars though. When someone asks how did you get those he gets to say I choked out a ****ing puma with my bare hands. And than he can say he is searching out a grizzly bear next but all of them are to scared to **** with him.

[TambaBerry]

I'd say worse case scenario two start climbing the tree and you start kicking at them but one bites your ankle then you lose your grip and tumble hitting every branch and your lip gets snagged and then you hit the ground with a thump and the third one pounces on the back of your neck but your able to get him off only to have the other two jump and unleash holy hell claws on your face and tear flesh from your skin and you bleed and they eat you practically alive but you scamper away limping and you see a road try to flag a car but it doesn't see you in time and you get hit by a car and I'm sorry your dead.

that exact thing happened in an alternate universe

[Rasputin]

that exact thing happened in an alternate universe


My alternate ending was raped by dolphins.

[ptlyon]

My alternate ending was raped by dolphins.

That also happened to me. But they were lucky that the water was impeding my movement otherwise I would have been the one raping them.

[Naptown Chief]

Ehhh... he is injury prone.

ROFL

[Rasputin]

That also happened to me. But they were lucky that the water was impeding my movement otherwise I would have been the one raping them.


I believe you

[Naptown Chief]

I'd say worse case scenario two start climbing the tree and you start kicking at them but one bites your ankle then you lose your grip and tumble hitting every branch and your lip gets snagged and then you hit the ground with a thump and the third one pounces on the back of your neck but your able to get him off only to have the other two jump and unleash holy hell claws on your face and tear flesh from your skin and you bleed and they eat you practically alive but you scamper away limping and you see a road try to flag a car but it doesn't see you in time and you get hit by a car and I'm sorry your dead.

Mere flesh wound

[TribalElder]

Probably a kitten.

young cub

guy strangled out a young mountain lion

PETA is not impressed, infact PETA is outraged ROFL

[Rain Man]

yeah, they're probably going to have to put that guy down now.

Or at least trap him and relocate him. They'll probably drop him off at a Starbucks in Boca Raton or some place where he won't be a threat to other mountain lions.

[Iowanian]

I'd probably pay money to see a PETA activist talk down a hungry mountain lion.

[baitism]

Dude knows how to beat up pussy.

[Otter]

I have yet to see a mountain lion in the wild. Think I've seen every other mammal in North America but never a mountain lion. That's a pretty badazz story BTW.

[srvy]

Can't bobcats climb trees??



Its' a wary thought in your case i'd think .

Bobcats arent big enough to take on a grown human. In Missouri they scram pretty quik at encounters with humans. They aren't much larger the a very big domestic cat. I have ran across them in field surveying they are pretty wary and mostly hunt at night.

[srvy]

I have seen big cat tracks along sandy banks along Missouri River and whatever it was I wouldnt want to tangle with it. Farmers say its panthers I never bought that maybe cougar. Another crew chief and the foreman for general contractor during construction of Staley HS both swear the saw a black panther come out of a draw stop look right at them then run into timber.

[srvy]

https://www.openspace.org/sites/default/files/mtlion.gif

[Rain Man]

Bobcats arent big enough to take on a grown human. In Missouri they scram pretty quik at encounters with humans. They aren't much larger the a very big domestic cat. I have ran across them in field surveying they are pretty wary and mostly hunt at night.

I ran across a bobcat on a running trail a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure it outweighed my biggest house cat. So I wasn't worried about it at all.

That said, my biggest house cat savaged me a couple of times just playing around, so it wouldn't be fun to be attacked by a 15-pound bobcat. Not fatal, but not fun.

[MahiMike]

1) What was Pat doing in Colorado?
2) Better heal those hands up good.

[srvy]

Wild dogs in packs, Badgers and a bull that you didnt know was in a pasture when your a 1/4 mile from fence and timber. Those are things that can raise the hairs on your arms in Missouri.

[BWillie]

Go Humans

[Sassy Squatch]

Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama

Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There is more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can eve-
*gagging death rattle*

[srvy]

I ran across a bobcat on a running trail a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure it outweighed my biggest house cat. So I wasn't worried about it at all.

That said, my biggest house cat savaged me a couple of times just playing around, so it wouldn't be fun to be attacked by a 15-pound bobcat. Not fatal, but not fun.

I suppose if it was rabid it might have taken you on but their prey is rabbit sized.

[Kman34]

You don't seem to want to accep the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by atrition. Well Rambo was the best.

[Rain Man]

Wild dogs in packs, Badgers and a bull that you didnt know was in a pasture when your a 1/4 mile from fence and timber. Those are things that can raise the hairs on your arms in Missouri.

When I did my African safari thing a few years back, we drove by a pack of adorable wild African dogs who were lounging on the side of the road. The guide said that if we got out of the land rover, they were pretty much a sure bet to rip us to pieces. And the cape buffalo were the animals they most kept an eye on when we did get out. Apparently cape buffalo are aggressive.

So yeah, dogs and bulls.

[Sassy Squatch]

Weeheeheehee, dee heeheeheehee, weeoh aweem away
Weeheeheehee, dee heeheeheehee, weeoh aweem away
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

On the trail of the Horsetooth Mountain
The lion sleeps tonight

[LoneWolf]

Has anyone checked on Tooge? That mountain lion was probably talking shit about his little league team.

[ThaVirus]

I have seen big cat tracks along sandy banks along Missouri River and whatever it was I wouldnt want to tangle with it. Farmers say its panthers I never bought that maybe cougar. Another crew chief and the foreman for general contractor during construction of Staley HS both swear the saw a black panther come out of a draw stop look right at them then run into timber.

Pretty sure they're the same thing.