As I'm watching this I'm wondering if the guy is going to be smart enough to put the phone down and pick up one of the millions of sharp nasty rocks he's walking backwards over.
You know what, the desire to show off "one's greatness" or whatever you want to call it in this new generation's mind, the obsession of filming any interaction has become a natural reaction. It's unbelievable. Watching all kinds of videos from friends filming other friends doing crazy tricks and hurting themselves and the friends whom are filming actually continue to film and not only film but are laughing at their friend's agonizing pain and suffering and in some instances, screaming in paint but noooo, have to get it on camera phone!
It's very disturbing and what's even more disturbing is in wildlife instances such as this one but worst IMO is when they see a hurt animal or one that is in severe distress and the first thing they do is reach for the phone camera and film the animal in total distress and narrate into the phone as if they're some wildlife program!? It's so friggin irritating to us old school guys as we scream "PUT THE F****G PHONE DOWN AND HELP THE ANIMAL YOU #@$%^&@*(&#()@*)#(+__!@)(*&^%@$#!). UGH.
For this guy, my first reaction would've been to put the phone away and concentrate on making sure I survive this encounter........NOT FILM IT! It just goes to show you this generation is so self absorbed with all the technology and especially phones that it has become automatic reaction no matter what the situation is at hand.
Need to get this on film and post it on Facebook or Twitter or Tiktok and Instagram to get as many likes as possible and hopefully it goes viral so I can become famous! Yeah, that's awesome.
As I'm watching this I'm wondering if the guy is going to be smart enough to put the phone down and pick up one of the millions of sharp nasty rocks he's walking backwards over. Wow how damn lucky can he be with plenty of ammo everywhere instead of just dirt and twigs in some dense forest. He should have been hurling those things 10 seconds into the video.
I've had dogs come at me and I remember being in yards with gravel like this terrain and I just kicked up a bunch of rocks towards the dogs and that stopped them right in their tracks especially when they get a face full of those nasty things. That's what I was thinking the whole time and he wouldn't have had to bend down and become a smaller target. But some people just don't think the same way as others and behave differently. I know I would've kicked rocks at it almost immediately.
Cougar not hungry...just escorting him out.
I'll tell you what, mothers of cubs in the predator chain have a lot of pressure on them to feed not only their cubs, but themselves also. There's been several stories where attacks by mountain lions have resulted in that kind of thing because prey is scarce and the burden is great. Just think of what that mama cougar has for prey in that wooded area to feed 2 cubs? Rabits? Hares? Mice, voles? Squirrels? raccoons? Sometimes they go through days without being able to feed their cubs and when any opportunity arises, they take advantage of it and look how far she followed him? And those lunges were not "hey come on, let's get moving" LOL! Those were much more intentional IMO.
My encounters were accidental, while riding on off-road trails in forested regions. The bears cross them, and in the spring, the cubs are following their mother around. They are inquisitive and prone to wandering, which creates the gap into which an unsuspecting human may find themselves. In one situation, the mother had crossed the trail, but the cubs hadn't. Two of our group had ridden past when we noticed the situation and stopped short. And waited for an eternity, but it all resolved safely. Black bears have been sighted within a few miles of where I live, but my personal sightings have been much further than that.
It amazes me just how much wildlife there is around most of the US that I have seen thus far.
And you know this lockdown has created a new phenomenon also since most people were locked up for 3 months or so and the wildlife out there must've been thinking hey, humans have gone extinct they're not around anymore and we don't have to worry about venturing further into our territories and even onto human trails.
And speaking of bears, I've seen a few black bears including one all sprawled out with its guts spread out on I-91 in Vermont when I came up onto it maybe an hour or 2 after a big semi must've nailed it and it was lying in the middle of the traveling lane. That was nasty and sad at the same time.
But I'm sure you remember Timothy Tredwell and his adventures in Alaska trying to save the grizzly bear (which incidentally didn't really need any saving) and what happened to him and his girlfriend in the middle of the night when one of the aggressive grizzlies showed up to their tent for some food? I don't think they have ever released any pictures of the aftermath or even the audio recording of the attack because of how gruesome it was. Oooof, can't imagine.
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