# What to do when confronted by a Cougar - in your kitchen? (pics) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525 "2008-03-24T14:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/21 "2008-03-24T17:33:44Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Meh, that’s nuffink. I had a wild mole dig up my garden last week…bugger musta been all of 2" long [/QUOTE] Pictures? ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/22 "2008-03-24T18:42:27Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Meh, that’s nuffink. I had a wild mole dig up my garden last week…bugger musta been all of 2" long [/QUOTE] Wow, tiny mole! The baby moles the outdoor cats half-eat and leave for me on the porch are usually closer to 4" long… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/23 "2008-03-24T18:52:18Z")
I wouldn’t do it, but I have to admit part of me would want to go out on the porch and say "who’s a big kitty? Who’s a big kitty? Would big kitty like a treat? And then toss it over and rub it’s stomach. But I’m not partial to being savaged. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/24 "2008-03-24T18:56:07Z")
A cougar in my kitchen? Is she hot? ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/25 "2008-03-24T18:59:51Z")
Do not…I repeat…Do not yell “Bad Cat!” and smack it with a rolled up newspaper. Just a public service announcement from Mongo Ponton. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/26 "2008-03-24T19:05:44Z")
What a beautiful cougar! That being said, my mind would immediately go to [The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238924/plotsummary) and I would be on the phone with animal control ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/27 "2008-03-24T19:48:20Z")
Anybody else see the thread title and immediately remember the episode of Bonanza where a baby cougar wandered into the Ponderosa Ranch’s kitchen, prompting Hop Sing to flee in terror while screaming “Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!”? Oh, and [just because](http://www.phase42.net/hosted/lolcoug.jpg)… d&r ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/28 "2008-03-24T19:50:15Z")
Why, throw it into the woods, beat it to “death” with a stick, run it over with my jeep, and shoot it in the head a few times, of course. Oh, wait, no…that’s for [bobcats](http://www.floridaconservation.org/pubs/fl-wild/Wilder.htm). The guy in the linked story is a friend from Florida…we will _never_ let him live that story down. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/29 "2008-03-24T19:59:24Z")
Now that search is back, I recommend [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374446&highlight=klondikegeoff+bobcat). A bobcat showed up outside **KlondikeGeoff** ’s window. He gives a link with cool photos of his cat playing with the stranger outside! ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/30 "2008-03-24T20:02:49Z")
Here’s an [excerpt](http://cloudbaseimaging.blogspot.com/2008/02/mountain-lion-staring-contest.html) from **Craig Childs’** latest book, **The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild.** about his encountering a mountain lion while out hiking. It’s an intense read. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/31 "2008-03-24T21:46:34Z")
[QUOTE=XaMcQ] Here’s an [excerpt](http://cloudbaseimaging.blogspot.com/2008/02/mountain-lion-staring-contest.html) from **Craig Childs’** latest book, **The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild.** about his encountering a mountain lion while out hiking. It’s an intense read. [/QUOTE] I was up in Usury Mountains in Arizona with a friend one night to get some cool sunset pics…we were walking back down to the car from Windy Cave and right in front of us was a large cougar. She sort of snorted and growled a bit..but her attention was elsewhere down in the ravine. She went across the trail and down the ravine right where we ultimately had to walk past to get to the car… Needless to say, we started talking loudly and walked quickly to the car. Damn Ranger didn’t believe us when we left and told him… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/32 "2008-03-24T23:03:03Z")
it looks like a nasty, icky, cold night. i’m sure kitty just wanted a bit of kibble and a comfy lap. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/33 "2008-03-24T23:21:00Z")
“Oh, he’s just an old softie really.” - Nanny Ogg. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/34 "2008-03-25T04:16:10Z")
I would yell my head off, outyell it, reach for a butcher knife and keep yelling until it ran off or attacked. As it ran off, I would throw rocks, bricks, lawn tractors or whatever was at hand. Once it ran off, I would go outside and piss a circle around the house just to let him know. I’m sorry, but a mountain lion outside the back door is a threat to my family, and I think that primal instinct would take over. Sorry, did I get too emotional? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/35 "2008-03-25T04:51:02Z")
Wow, that would be _awesome_. What a beautiful cat! And I would figure that if I had moved into the cat’s territory, then I would just have to watch out for said cat. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/36 "2008-03-25T04:51:56Z")
That is one cute wild pussa! I myself would like to get a [caracal](http://www.juliesjungle.com/caracals.php) someday. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/37 "2008-03-25T07:21:53Z")
I’d wanna ride him! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/38 "2008-03-25T08:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=rocking chair] it looks like a nasty, icky, cold night. i’m sure kitty just wanted a bit of kibble and a comfy lap. [/QUOTE] Umm yeah, tell me that [again](http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/2752128/detail.html) how pussy just wanted petting. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/39 "2008-03-25T12:45:26Z")
I would show the pictures to the local paper who will believe you saw a cougar, and wait for the DNR to say they pictures weren’t clear and cougars don’t exist in your area. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525/40 "2008-03-25T17:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I would show the pictures to the local paper who will believe you saw a cougar, and wait for the DNR to say they pictures weren’t clear and cougars don’t exist in your area. [/QUOTE] Yeah, the DNR here in West Virginia will tell you that "officially’ too, but I know a couple guys who are DNR employees that laugh themselves sick when their superiors say that. We have a Conservation Office who lives up the road from us who has not only seen paw prints and pug marks but has also found hairs caught on brush and trees. And this is in areas mighty close to town! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-confronted-by-a-cougar-in-your-kitchen-pics/442525.md?page=3)