Teen w/ sword saves dog from Mtn. Lion

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Where are you guys getting "evening" from, it was 1:30 in the afternoon, doesn't get dark at 1:30 in the afternoon.
 
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hAHAHA just read this thread and got a kick finding out half way through that it was a coon WTF. Respect for helping his dog but who needs a sword for a racoon i would have punted that thing.
 
GWashington, Can you or any one else on here honestly say that the guy didn't get a good look at this damn Coon when he supposednly came back with a sword and hit it on the back with it? Really guys, I can see how perhaps on the first view, he couldn't tell and maybe thought it was a cat the size of a "Police German Shepard," but he came back and had to see the coon in plain enough view to be sure he didn't hit his dog. Sorry guys, I am looking at this from a realistic stance. I was in law enforcement for a long enough time to know BullS%#&@ when I hear it.
 
Oregon Knife Guy said:
GWashington, Can you or any one else on here honestly say that the guy didn't get a good look at this damn Coon when he supposednly came back with a sword and hit it on the back with it? Really guys, I can see how perhaps on the first view, he couldn't tell and maybe thought it was a cat the size of a "Police German Shepard," but he came back and had to see the coon in plain enough view to be sure he didn't hit his dog. Sorry guys, I am looking at this from a realistic stance. I was in law enforcement for a long enough time to know BullS%#&@ when I hear it.
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In this case, probably not, because what kind of person would run for a sword rather that hitting it with a log. All I'm saying is, you could easily mistake a big old raccoon with something else if you were in a panic.
 
I agree there is something fishy about this story. The kid had time to run to his house, retrieve a sword, run back to where his dog is, and hit the "racoogar". That is a very long fight for the dog to be in with a wild animal. Also, since no one else pointed it out, I will. There is a centuries old, wonderous invention that could have prevented this incident. Its called a dog leash.
 
"...there is something fishy about this story."

"I swear, it had to have been at least THIS big!!!!" insert hands pic here. :D

"It was a mountain lion, alright.......and then I woke up."
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Good reason to carry a shillelagh, or my Canemasters.
I give the man credit for standing up for his dog.
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Yeah, hit a mountain lion with a stick, I dare you. ;)

We have cats and feral dogs here, the dogs are the worst, you can't leave your pets outdoors during the day...they are a byproduct of the housing market taking a dump and people leaving their pets to the mercy of nature.

The mountain lions are ridiculously efficient predators, the kid in the story was full of #2, plain and simple, the cat was a raccoon. I have heard tell of a full grown cat going over a 6 foot wall, pulling a male adult Rottweiler over the fence then proceeding to eat it on the other side.

If it were attacking my dogs, I would kill it, one way or another.

Btw, the kids story was BS. :barf:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/north_bay&id=7270889
 
Wild turkeys are mean bastards too if you try to wrestle one, but if you can't kill it with a damn sword there's a problem. Sword shaped object is what you call that, but it was comical how the anchor called it a "Ninja Sword"
 
Seriously, guys, have you ever ran up on a big coon?

They are some serious, no sh*t.

I had one, not particularly large in my garage one time that braced me. I happened to have a shovel handy (was using it in the yard and came in to put it away). I hit that SOB as hard as I could with the shovel. Its legs splayed out, blood came from it's mouth/nose, and poop from its rear. The SOB got up, shook it's head and resumed snarling at me. WTF?! Thinking, with good reason, that it was rabid, I shot it with a .357, which ended the encounter.
While not a mountain lion, they will tear your ass up, and they are tough. Good luck kicking one or hitting it with a stick, they need to be shot.
 
Anybody who's ever been around racoons knows this for sure. Racoon will almost always win against dog. That's why they tell you to NEVER corner a racoon. Check out the size of their fangs, btw.
 
I've seen some big coons, but this one must have been coonzilla...or the kid was smoking something...or both.
 
Kid was smart enough to know that he wouldn't look good in the media if portrayed as taking a sword to a racoon. Then again, maybe he hired a publicist. :)
 
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