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He recommends a Fish and Wildlife publication the biologist provided him for residents living in mountain lion territory at. It did and I was able to scratch it behind its ears.вЂќД«ut those cats were used to humans and Presser is the first to say mountain lions need to be respected. вЂњThe guy in there said not to run and let the cat come to you. вЂњShe had three mountain lions in enclosures and asked if I wanted to pet one,вЂќ he said. One year he was in Costa Rica as a guest of a woman who rescued all manner of big cats. He owns Four Winds Travel in Carmel and specializes in photo safaris all over the world. Presser has had an up-close-and-personal encounter with a mountain lion a number of years ago. More than half of California is considered mountain lion habitat, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.ДЄbout five years ago Presser discovered a deer carcass behind his house that вЂњwas covered in pine needles, which mountain lions do,вЂќ he said. A mountain lion was spotted near Monterey High School earlier this year and another was seen in Carmel in February. They are most active between dusk and dawn, and generally avoid contact with humans. Usain Bolt, one of the worldвЂ™s fastest humans, can run 23 mph. вЂњIf a lion comes into my property I want it to be able to leave.вЂќ Besides, according to the Sacramento-based Mountain Lion Foundation, these big cats can scale 12-foot fences and sprint as fast as 50 mph. Presser does not have fencing to the rear of his property, and for good reason. He has noticed that raccoons in the area have all but disappeared. вЂњThis is his territory,вЂќ Presser said about the Skyline Drive woodland. Male mountain lions can have territories up to 100 square miles and the territories of females can range up to 60 square miles. The greenbelt near PresserвЂ™s property can allow a lion a fairly unimpeded path from the Jacks Peak area into the woodlands behind his home. Adult mountain lions (cougars and pumas are the same animal) are solitary and territorial animals. The video has gone viral on social media and prompted shocked and terrified reactions from netizens.At one point in the video, the cat stopped, looked up at the camera and seemed to growl at it before sauntering away. IвЂ™ll be back on the trails before long,вЂќ Smith told the news website. ItвЂ™s not something thatвЂ™s probably going to be happening repeatedly. вЂњI definitely will take a few days to process this before I got back, but I love it too much. However, the incident left Smith stunned, but he wonвЂ™t stop going to the trail again. 'It was about five minutes into the encounter that she just veered off to the side of the trail and I continued to back up for another minute or two continuing to talk because I couldn't see where she went off to,' Smith said.ДЄfter checking that the animal was no longer chasing him, Smith immediately started running away from the spot. However, after five minutes the animal stopped chasing him and left the trail.

Jared can also be heard saying in the video that 'I am going away, I am going away.

#MOUNTAIN LION VIDEO FULL#

Smith further told, вЂњIf you watch the full video, you can see my voice kind of crack at those points in time because it scared me.вЂќ Jared revealed that he filmed the incident on his camera phone and believed that the cougar was trying to protect her cubs. вЂњPeriodically, the cougar would pounce, baring its teeth and kicking its legs and its tail up, almost like a little sprint right at me,вЂќ Smith told the news website. The mountain lion stalked him for at least five minutes as he continued to run away from the animal.ДЄlso Read: Unseen video of leopard and lioness fight on tree clip will make you say OMG! Smith got scared after he saw the wild cat, however, he tried to remain calm and back away from the animal. вЂњI was running back down the trail and was probably about a mile from getting back to the parking lot when I heard something off to the side of the trail,вЂќ Smith told FOX 13.

Mountain lion video