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Posted by RidgeHiker on May 13, 2008 at 9:01:09 pm EDT
In reply to knives and hiking posted by redpatch5 on May 4, 2008 at 10:00:14 pm EDT

I have seen live and stuffed mountain lions. They are very impressive - beauty, grace, & power come to mind. I have played with house cats that were all teeth & claws. I would not want to have to fend off a cougar attach with anything.

Having said that, there are several instances where people successfully defended themselves with knives. Here are a few:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cougar/attacks.html

http://wdfw.wa.gov/do/newreal/release.php?id=nov0303a

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