Back in early 90's while in college,I had one hell of a night.
I just got done with my game warden class,It was around 10:00 p.m.
Their is a trail from the college campus to the apartment complex where,I lived at the time.
This trail is around 400 yards long & no lights what so ever on the trail @ night.
The moon light is all,I had to go by to navigate on the trail that night.
Cause,I left my flashlight @ the apartment."Bonehead move of the night" !!!
Well,I hit the trail and started the some what long walk back to the pad.
I was all by myself on the trail that night.I had a very erie felling something had been watching me & tracking me @ the same time.
It was time to pick up the pace and get going ...double time back to the pad.
Being very cold outside around 30 degrees that night,It was not so easy walking fast.
I was about one quarter of the way on the trail & started to slow back down but not for long.
Looking over on my left hand side was a Mt.Lion

.
O' great!!!What do,I do now ???.......RUN !!!
I was off like a bolt of lighting,I could hear the cat was right on my
ASS.
Nothing else was on my mind but to keep running like the wind.
Finally,I was back to the apartment complex with lights...YES.
Well so,I
[email protected] the time.The Mt.Lion had taken the higher road & was still on my
ass like a deer.
Well,I started screaming get a gun...get a gun.My room mate & friends were outside BBQ'n & heard me.
My room mate ran inside & grabbed my S&W 629 44 Mag & came a running to me.
When he got to me the Mt.Lion was at a stand still about 20 feet high on a ridge that was above the road we were now walking on.
I grabbed my 44 from my room mate Chris @ shot off a warning shot @ the cat.
Nothing,He just jumped back & then got pissed off & was screaming @ us.
My buddy @ the bbq had called the local game warden.[ I had just left his class but minutes earlier.]
He showed up about 5 minutes after,I had shot off the warning shot.
He asked what was going on? I said get out of your truck & look up on the hill,Bill.
So he did just that.When he layed eye on a "Hugh" 'Tom Cougar'.That just now was in mid air he unloaded a full clip of 40 cal into him.
It was a close call.
Needless to say, we had around 200 college kids attention that night.
The following week in class,I got to case skin that cougar for a full body mount.
My professor & local game warden, Bill had only put 3 rounds in the chest of that cougar.
Not to bad of shooting for a cougar that was about to have him for din din.
I guess it scared the crap out of him as well as it did me.
The following year the cougar was mounted & put in the classroom.