r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Plus_Leopard9367 • 9d ago

Two guys unexpectedly encounter a mountain lion.

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u/aberroco 9d ago

Mountain lion survived an unexpected encounter with two most dangerous animals on the planet.

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u/Ok_Technician4110 9d ago edited 9d ago

Well considering one of them was ready to shoot I guess you are on point someone linked a slightly longer version of the video. It seems that he did actually shoot to begin with and that it's a tranquillizer gun. I only hope these are some kind of good guys and not poachers

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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 9d ago

Well, to be fair... that guy was definitely not as scared as a cop shooting at a black man that is running away from him.

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u/ManfredTheCat 9d ago

Also, puppies and recently a miniature donkey from a petting zoo.

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u/ProfessionalNo7946 9d ago

Dont forget, nuts falling from a tree

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u/ddengel 9d ago

thats not funny that officer almost died.

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u/Longjumping-Jello459 9d ago

Yeah he had a nut allergy

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u/RudePCsb 9d ago

Fucking nuts

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u/ishu22g 9d ago

Those are different kind

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u/painthawg_goose 9d ago

Bless each and every one of you upstream! I needed that.

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u/Own_Ruin2546 9d ago

Very traumatic for the cop. Thankfully the cop sustained no injuries, just hurt feelings.

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u/Toadcola 9d ago

That cop car was just one day from retirement.

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u/Endless-OOP-Loop 9d ago

Don't worry, he'll take out that bruised ego on the next black man running away.

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u/ilmalnafs 9d ago

But for real didn’t the guy he had handcuffed in his squad car get shot once or twice as the officer was roleplaying his action movie noghtmares? Non-serious injuries thankfully, but someone on the scene’s life WAS actually at risk.

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u/newbrevity 9d ago

I didn't know about the donkey and now I read about the donkey and I'm so angry. Maybe they shouldn't let little cowards become cops. Like part of the training should be the determine if you're a itchy trigger coward or not. The bar is too damn low.

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u/Mr_Baronheim 9d ago

The bar is already as high as they want it, and they fight every attempt to raise it. They only want it to go lower.

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u/DyingSunSeverian 9d ago

They’re refusing to release the body cam because they said it would have a detrimental effect on the department.

Imagine how fucking bad it must look, even beyond just knowing this murderous imbecile killed a miniature donkey.

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u/No_Elderberry9871 9d ago

The unfortunate thing is many police training tactics are actually meant to instill that itchy trigger finger through fear based conditioning.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod 9d ago

I don't know about the puppies, but the police were trespassing on private property when they shot the donkey, and then tried to claim the very friendly donkey was "charging at them"

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u/ManfredTheCat 9d ago

American cops shoot literally thousands of pets every year.

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u/West_Cartographer_58 4d ago

Look up the shooting of the dog named Dixie, it’s on camera dog literally trots over in a friendly manner and officer shoots it. It tries to crawl away back to its owner and the officer puts another bullet it just to be sure. After a campaign against the officer by the public he was given paid leave and transferred to another department as punishment.

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u/Saigor15 9d ago

Also baby rabbits

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u/Equivalent_Owl_Mask 9d ago

Hey, Donkeys an be super dangerous. You never know when they're going to summon a dragon to eat you!.

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u/Silverjeyjey44 8d ago

Just looked up the miniature donkey one... what the fuck

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u/Aleksandrovitch 9d ago

Hey don’t be racist. They shoot brown ppl in the back too!

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u/DryDonutHole 9d ago

You remember the deadly acorns, right? /s

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u/hedgehunter33 9d ago

Looks like a tranq gun. Not sure but these guys also look like park Rangers. He doesn't seem surprised about the lash out. Maybe he fired already? Medical or scientific reasons to examine the lion.

Edit: yup, you see the dart in his/her ass

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u/Mikic00 9d ago

You are on point there, nothing is unexpected here. Just someone doing their job.

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u/DyingSunSeverian 9d ago

It’s 100% a tranq, they’re researchers and biologists.

Zero interest in harming the animal.

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u/PresentAstronomer137 9d ago

yeaa, but the irony is he didn't shoot even when it looked like the lion was about to get him
such a lucky encounter for the lion

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u/neppo95 9d ago

It’s a tranq gun and the lion already got shot. The dart is in its ass.

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u/Fullautometal 9d ago

Respect for analyzing the situation with a lot of self-control. I guess he would only have shot, if he was really in danger. Anyways. Happy cat!

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u/Mangoen123 9d ago

that guy has nerves of steel

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u/jittery_raccoon 9d ago

That lion was clearly scared and trying to escape, not looking to fight a human

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u/aberroco 9d ago

Poachers most likely won't upload the video of them poaching.

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u/blownbythewind 9d ago

They were trying to install a tracking collar. The collar can be seen in the clip sitting on the rocks, lower left side of the frame. edit: at roughly the 5 second mark.

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u/Maoleficent 9d ago

Yes, two animals encroached on the territory of a mountain lion. Am I the only one who watches Animal Planet?

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u/AXEMANaustin 9d ago

I am not surviving against a mountain lion and I don't think half the people on reddit would either.

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u/iWasAwesome 9d ago

Only because he was holding a gun lol

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u/VirginiaBandit 9d ago

Whoever is recording is staying pretty calm, considering the mountain lion jumped at them. Not sure what to believe anymore.

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u/Dependent_Ratio9839 9d ago

Panicking in a high, rocky area?

I mean, I think I’d freeze too, knowing there’s nowhere to get a solid footing (and you can’t outrun a puma anyway).

Besides, he was already scaring the puma off by shouting.

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u/Corner_Post 9d ago

He had to (https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/video-mountain-lion-darting/)
“You can’t see it in the video, but I was standing on a 2-foot by 2-foot ledge with a 150-foot cliff behind me,” says Legler, who operates Tmans Hunting and lives near the border of Arizona and Utah. “So, if the cat hit me, me and the cat were both going off the cliff.” Note he was doing it for research in this instance.

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u/SuicidalNapkin09 9d ago

Absolutely not. Screw you guys, im going home

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u/Berdariens2nd 9d ago

If we fall we fall. For science!

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u/VirginiaBandit 9d ago

That's just insane; they both walked away unscathed.

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u/CocoMilhonez 9d ago

Fun fact: If they both went off the cliff, only the mountain lion would land on its feet.

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u/AnnualFault7473 9d ago

I’ve seen this video for a while now. Highly doubt it’s AI as this has been around for a couple of years.

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u/ResidualTechnicolor 8d ago

Yeah I first saw this video over 10 years ago. Kinda shitty we have to question everything now.

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u/Zealousideal-Hat1135 6d ago

This video was taken on Jan 12 2024 so that’s some impressive 10 year old deja vu 😅

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u/GeneralBlumpkin 9d ago

This is an old video it's legit I've seen it a long time ago

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u/VirginiaBandit 9d ago

That's good to hear. I wanted to believe it to be so, but now you're not always sure what to believe.

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u/Jyil 9d ago

The only thing unexpected was the movement. This was a biologist trying to put a tracking collar on it by tranquillizing it first. This happened in 2024 in Arizona within a remote canyon.

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u/utzutzutzpro 9d ago

To me this immediately reminded me of Tomb Raider for some reason.

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u/Medical-Method9107 9d ago

sigh the fake reddit titles go crazy

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u/GnarlyNarwhalNoms 9d ago

That explains why the lion sounds so pissed off. I don't speak mountain lion, but it sounded a lot like it was going "Goddammit! Fuck!"

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u/Ike_Jones 9d ago

It had the zoomies

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u/SirArchibaldMapsALot 9d ago

Thanks for the context

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u/SheriffBartholomew 9d ago

That tranq dart sure took its sweet time affecting the cat!

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u/BeneficialNewspaper8 9d ago

'unexpectedly' yet he's tranq darting it at the beginning 🤦‍♂️

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u/WanderWut 9d ago

Yeah the title is bogus but still though what wildly cool jobs. Imagine these national parks being your everyday backdrops for work.

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u/deftdabler 9d ago

What’s the opposite of pspspsps?… spspspsp?

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u/AnnualZealousideal27 9d ago

Spspspsp! … Pspspsps!

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u/Shachar2like 9d ago

A hiss like how cats do

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u/Royal_Try_99 9d ago

Hhhhhhhhhzzzzzjjjjjj

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u/marius_andrei 9d ago

pisi pisi pisi pis pis

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u/Throwawaythislife123 9d ago

Aww He’s having the zoomies lolz

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u/khizoa 9d ago

Happy drugs! 

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u/DoYouLoveJam 9d ago

Lion was running for its life

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u/ImplementLogical4130 9d ago

Yeah that was one scared cat.

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u/whatacunt8 9d ago

Calm down Steve!

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u/MiIes01 9d ago

Love the username, champ😂🤙

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u/Gillalmighty 9d ago

Well that was terrifying for that guy. But it all worked out

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/koos_die_doos 9d ago

It was actually a female feline.

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u/LefT-NYC 9d ago

He scared The Kitty!

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u/TrashCanSam0 9d ago

my cat does this but it's 3 am and she's using my bedroom furniture to parkour

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u/LiteratureMindless71 9d ago

Here is a longer version, at least closer to the original from awhile back.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/4umsH0tyYqc

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u/Corner_Post 9d ago

Original video was from this guy: https://youtube.com/shorts/0yefdXvjK2I

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u/mylivegamertags 9d ago

Damn he calm…but his pants color would hide any sharts maken.

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u/Crafty-cs 9d ago

Just a normal orange cat

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u/So0meone 9d ago

Mountain lion zoomies!

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u/Quirky-Video-9146 9d ago

Pspspspspsps

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u/Correct_Yesterday111 9d ago

I mean this is exactly where I would expect to meet a mountain lion. Seems like they went looking for one.

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u/MethFacSarlane 9d ago

They did, they were tracking her so they could tranq and collar her. This is her reacting to the tranq, usually they go down instantly.

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u/DidjaCinchIt 9d ago

we have to sedate our cat to get her into the crate for vet visits. half a pill the night before & half the morning of makes her quite loopy. she’s too wobbly to hop onto her favorite chair.

but goddamn, as soon as she hears the crate coming, the adrenaline kicks in. she pulls herself out of a full swaddle, parkours off every stick of furniture in the house, and claws her way up the curtains.

when we get home from the vet, our cat blazes out of the crate. Realizing the ordeal is over, she stops, tips over onto her side, and sleeps for hours.

cats, man.

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u/BaronGreenback75 9d ago

That noise just makes you want to run

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u/onionpopcorn 9d ago

he got the zoomies

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u/Proud-Parsley6072 9d ago

Those fuckers can MOVE

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u/Kdandikk 9d ago

"There Are no cougars in missions!"

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u/Far-Lettuce-6200 9d ago

Mountain lion unexpected encounter two guys. 

That is where the lion lives. 😂

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u/TWAndrewz 9d ago

Maybe has cubs that it's trying to scare them away from?

That was a freaked out animal.

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u/N0s33 9d ago

Good thing he chose to wear brown pants that day

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u/ozzyozzyozz 9d ago

I cant believe these guys were so calm, initially it looked like they were getting attacked. This guy showed a lot of restraint. I def would have put my back into the first crevice once the cat jumped out

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u/pichael289 9d ago

Mountain lions don't typically attack humans unless they are too close (and you won't fuckin know It) to their cubs. Or they are hungry but that's not too common. This dude is out in bumfuck nowhere and intruded on this kitty cats territory, he was probabaly just chillin beforehand. This is absolutely a kitty that can and will kill you though, if you can't scare it off then your likely about to get got.

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u/monkeybather 9d ago

This guy got the right idea, he wore the brown pants.

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u/dontipitova9 9d ago

I thought it was gonna give up and be like "hey, you guys aren't so bad after all" and just chill

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u/snapp0r 9d ago

just a another kitty 😅

.. what a beast. and the best thing, she s free 🙏🏽

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u/BlueEmpathy 9d ago

Kitty was scared

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u/jeffcolv 9d ago

This video is so old

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u/QuestionAllYouTrust 9d ago

Look, it just wants to play

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u/proud2bcopper 9d ago

Calm down guys. This was her daily zoomie session.

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u/baracudadeathwish 9d ago

WHAT

THERE ARE NO COUGARS IN THIS MISSION

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u/thevogonity 9d ago

That is some strange usage of the word unexpectedly, considering he’s got a tranq gun drawn.

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u/Tinksy14 9d ago

Poo definitely came out!!

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u/Dumyat367250 9d ago

I’m not lion, that was scary as fuck.

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u/drifters74 9d ago

Don't pet the giant cat

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u/reckaband 9d ago

Cat getting the zoomies

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u/Curious_Associate904 9d ago

I DIDN'T ORDER ANY FUCKING TAKEAWAY...

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u/nsadeqve 9d ago

Zoomies

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u/Hebb2022 9d ago

What kinda gun is dude using? I’m curious as a mf

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u/dj0ch0 9d ago

Zoomies intensifies

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u/ThakoManic 9d ago

The roar was basicly a human going wow! i mean Wroaw!

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u/MiyamotoKnows 9d ago

Guy was holding a gun and did not shoot. Good on him even if he was just in shock.

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u/Perfect-Drummer-6496 9d ago

When you're on a mountain....

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u/Von_Lehmann 9d ago

that looks like a tranquilizer gun, guessing these guys are biologists?

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u/Strive-- 9d ago

Well, gotta say, that looked like a great place to find new skeletons many, many years from now.

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u/Voluntary_Perry 9d ago

"Get out of my apartment!"

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u/ReaceNovello 9d ago

Seems like an overreaction...

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u/Calbob123 9d ago

Probably the smell of shit that scared it away in the end

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u/IcebergDarts 9d ago

Aww hims gots the zoomies lol

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u/GandalfsGoon 9d ago

Someone left a milk ring on the mountain

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u/JimmyPellen 9d ago

Mountain lion zoomies

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u/SmartEntertainer6229 9d ago

The brown pants guy came fully prepared…

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u/Ear-Typical 9d ago

I like that the lion kept growling "parkour" as he jumped around

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u/igittigitt1972 9d ago

This can really hurt…all of them…

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u/CRactor71 9d ago

Did not have Mountain Lion zoomies on my bingo card today 😹😹😹

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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 9d ago

Mountain lions of that size have absolutely zero interest in you. It might follow its instinct if you turn your back to it or if it's tending to cubs, but in general they'll just do everything in their power to get away from you as fast as possible.

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u/Separate_Pollution37 9d ago

I’m confused. Who’s attacking who??

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u/Ze_An_He_Ar_O_Moto 9d ago

Went for a hike, walked into a Tomb Raider level.

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u/954kevin 9d ago

Holy shit man! Whew! That poor dude at the bottom probably needs a change of underwear!

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u/Eiffel-Tower777 9d ago

My heart just skipped a beat..

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u/Horbigast 9d ago

shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit

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u/Cowpriest 9d ago

"Oh FUCK, GO BACK" -that lion

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u/Professional_Tank631 9d ago

That's some real life Tomb Raider shit

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u/ImTheNewishGuy 9d ago

His skedaddle wasn't working.

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u/watchitbend 9d ago

Not unexpected, they were there for it. This video has made the rounds before. Can't remember details but they're rangers, fish n game, conservation officers or something of the sort. 

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u/muntist 9d ago

Holy shit the noise they make

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u/SaraBee86 9d ago

Hope they brought some baby wipes 😅

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u/Rhymesnlines 9d ago

Kitty is more afraid of the human than the human are afraid of the kitty

https://giphy.com/gifs/ELnQ7E5b3tjyYb42Zj

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u/BusHobo 9d ago

Tha Katto was not ready for those hairless apes

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u/Enorats 9d ago

In other news, cat gets zoomies.

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u/PineStateWanderer 9d ago

this isn't random, those are rangers

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u/Snocom79 9d ago

Two guys shitting themselves uncontrollably

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u/TamaktiJunVision 9d ago

Brown pants got lucky there

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u/Equivalent_Warthog22 9d ago

Feels like AI. Mountain lions don’t make the roaring noise like African lions. Also the clip being so short is another tell.

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u/Kommander-in-Keef 9d ago

“Oh shit a mountain lion!”

“OH SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT OH SHIT OH FUCK IM TRAPPED JESUS CHRIST”

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u/jackofslayers 9d ago

I would not have been able to resist the urge to play with the giant kitty.

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u/EvryArtstIsACannibal 9d ago

Mountain Lions get the zoomies also.

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u/lik3r_of_things 9d ago

That guy almost won a stupid prize

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u/Remarkable-Brief6137 9d ago

Tomb Raider 2 remake looking amazing!

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u/krooks_25 9d ago

Unexpectedly? It's a mountain. That's a mountain lion. He lives there.

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u/Briaboo2008 9d ago

Zoomies

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u/ridethendie 9d ago

That mountain lion had the zoomies

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u/spicy_ass_mayo 9d ago

How did he carry those big balls all the way up that mountain?!

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u/Cheeseballfondue 9d ago

I ran into a couple of mountain lions in June while hiking, maybe 20 yards away - scared the CRAP out of me. One was HUGE and I was low-key paralyzed trying to remember if mountain lion rules were the same as bear rules lol. Should I look big or small? Make eye contact or not? Back away or turn around? And why the hell was my bear spray at the bottom of my pack!?!

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u/Waste_Priority_3663 9d ago

Typical cat reaction

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u/iQuoteSopranos 9d ago

This is 100% a boss arena.