Cougar stalk: Utah jogger on six-minute encounter with a mountain lion - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Kyle Burgess' jog on his local trail in Utah turned into a life-or-death situation when he came across a cougar.
He was pursued by the mountain lion for a full six minutes - and he captured it all on his phone.
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The momma was protecting her children and that’s all. No stalking. If she was stalking he would have never seen her coming.
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I've heard - on RUclips - that the first thing you're aware of with a cougar stalking you is the teeth sinking into the back of your neck.
He'd also be dead when he turned his back to her direction for some vlog time. IF this were stalking.
Okay we got it. Still scary.
I like how he is respectful in knowing the mother was just protecting her babies
The media needs to stop referring to it as "stalking." As Kyle said she was protecting her offspring.
she followed him for 6 minutes. That's still stalking.
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She was just being a good mom
It’s pretty obvious that the cougar is chasing him away. Not stalking him.
Pretty much; it baffles me to see people cannot understand the body language of animals. It was clearly not trying to hunt him
@@djdoomy
It’s still scary for him. I know I would be.
Like he said, protecting her little ones.
@@hindsightpov4218 I’m not questioning it is scary; that was not the point. Of course it is scary.
But by the way, he was filming evrerything the whole time. That is very poor judgement and natural instincts. The only good thing he did was not running away. The rest is pure luck. Instead of trying to think how to defend himself in case of an attack like throwing rocks or picking up a stick, the guy was just filming and was actually talking to the cougar as if he could reason with the cougar. How stupid is that?
It goes to show us that most people believe they can get away with anything just by talking their way out which is crazy. I guess he was also under the impression that the cougar will feel intimidated by him filming it, maybe he’d show the movie to the police and the police would fine the cougar...
@@djdoomy
He said in the video he was already filming the cubs before he saw their mother. He said he continued recording because he wanted documented video evidence if anything happened to him. I would do the same.
He obviously didn’t want to hurt the mother cougar. He said he first tried yelling and trying to make himself look as big as possible to discourage the cougar from coming any closer. It wasn’t working so he threw the rock as a last resort. It was a risk he took that he had no certainty would work. For all he knew, throwing the rock could have agitated the mother cougar enough to attack him. Fortunately it worked and no one was hurt.
He did the right thing by looking at the cougar's eyes. Had he run away, the cougar would likely have jumped at him
He didn’t do anything right except not running away. He just got lucky. I’d actually liked if the cougar bit his ass a bit, maybe next time he’d stop filming and start defending himself
@@djdoomy Oh look kids is the internet man that is always talking shit but in the situation would shit his pants ;-;
No, she would have walked back to her cubs once she was sure he was away and not a threat. She wasn't stalking him, she was trying to get him to be away.
@@djdoomy This guy made the best out of the situation. Give him some credit. Regardless of the shaking he was doing from the adrenaline, he safely stared it down while backed away slowly from the big kitty. Did you just not see it’s sprint. Not even Usain Bolt could have ran beat that.
And how he backed away enough away from its kids and initiated the first attack like, “Let’s go!” and the cougar didn’t call his bluff. 5Head stuff!
NO, go away.
That's why learning to say ”NO” is an important life skill 😌
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Cougar was angry because this guy was filming in vertical !😂
why there arent any "cougar is mad because of the vertical video" joke.
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My God , what a cute animal. They way this wonderful cat beat her paws on the g round in amazing! Beautiful mama cougar protecting her babies. So cute
Scary!! I go hiking a lot. There are signs posted "Mountain Lions are in this area. Attacks can happen without warning. Your safety is not guaranteed"
Thank goodness I finally found a video that said what he did to scare it off. You could tell he did something because the camera went down, but I could tell what it was that happened. Been looking all over for SOMEONE to say what he did. Thank you!
Everyone who has a mother or a mother figure still around should send her a message saying how much you love her ❤️
As shown in the clip, communication is everything. Clearly the cougar was convinced by his speech.
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I've heard a cougar expert say that an aggressive cougar that could attack, may show any (or all) of these behaviours:
1) The cougar is charging towards you at Mach 4!!! Eek!
2) The cougar is circling you, making smaller circles to close the space between you and it.
3) Fixed gaze, shows the full side of the bodies, tail flicking, ears back, growling.
Good thing he did everything right and survived since Mamma cougar showed first-hand a couple of these behaviours.
Ellen G Yes. There's an additional element here: there are at least two instances where the mother cougar turns her head as if she's checking back on her cubs. In other words, her attention is divided, and she likely doesn't want to chase this intruder any longer than she has to. She's not predating or hunting him, she's trying to chase him off.
note to self: Throw rocks to defend self.
Turns out, it's very effective.
@arthur m thats what he did.
@@SoSo-li6dn ots actually bad to do that it will get angry and attack you but in this situation it was protecting so it didn't attack
The mountain lion was truly beautiful. I never knew they would throw their legs and paws like that - definitely warning him to get the hell away. She turned and ran quickly away once he threw the rock but it may have ended differently if he did that too close to her young.
"After 5 and a half minutes I decided to throw a rock"....Mastermind.
not sure what is your point... but Id like to see how'd you behave in this situation
He said that all the times you see her ferociously pounce was when he crouched to pick up a rock. He couldn't get low or she would pounce which is why it took him so long. If he looked down or away for half a second she pounced too.
She was NOT stalking!
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She was protecting her young. Like he said recently he don’t want them harmed.!!!
He says that now. In the video he says to himself “where’s my gun?” after she leaps towards him a few times. If he had had a gun I’m not sure it would have turned out the same way.
@@erinboberin90 He also said in another of one of his many videos if he had a gun he would have just wanted to shoot a warning shot into the ground to scare off the animal. He went in to say as well that it's a beautiful animal just protecting its Cubs.
Protecting them by leaving them alone
Tactical thinking should make one aware of a possible ambush in spite of the cougars sudden 5:40 departure. Some time ago I was stalked for a similarly lengthy period of time only to have the cougar make a retreat. Much as the man in this video, I experienced a grand feeling of relief upon her rapid withdrawal. Only to soon find her lounging against my car in the parking lot. Oh the horror! Never ever let your guard down around cougars. Passed plenty of rocks and branches before he used his noggin and picked one up.
Gear Challenge Yes, the difference here being her eagerness to get back to her cubs. You could see her stopping and listening for any sound from them. One she turned tail and got back to them, she wouldn't come back again.
Giovanna, YES! Great observation. I only wish that the cougar which stalked me had been more concerned about her cubs and less intent on the nightly hunt. I still have the scars and the PTSD...
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Scars? You didn’t mention actually being physically attacked.
That guy called the mountain lion/cougar a bobcat at the very end ...
There was a video on BBC earth showing a momma cheetah chasing a lioness away after she started to approach her cubs, the chase ended with the cheetah shooing the lioness away. Seems like the same thing happened here. Brave mamma cougar.
Bring pepper spray Carl and hope you'll never need to use it.
Love The Cougar ! She defended her cubs & territory. Man vs Beast !
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Kitty is like "another f***ing mormon on my trail..."
"I already found Jesus! Leave me and my kids the fuck alone!"
Lmfao
Cougar: wouldn't you like to know about my cubs weather boi...
Coughar chasing a young man ... Now why is that a surprise!
Hysterical:-)
The good thing is no one was hurt. The hiker was fine. The cougar and her cougar cub was fine. So this is actually a happy story when you think about it.
The right thing he did was he never turned back and he just keep his eyes on cougar.
Cree
He's high. Calls it a bobcat at the end lol.
After what he went through, he's entitled to make a mistake, high or not.
Nature is awesome. Great footage!!..
He started filming before the cat confronted him.
He have 9 lives
It’s got some freaky clap moves!
😂😂😂😂
This happened to me once, but it wasn't a cougar, it was just a turkey haha, but that turkey mom was fierce!
@Irfan Baloch stop sending this shit to everyone you stupid ass or you get reported
@@edgarsi Yes.
t'as eu de la chance mec. t as eu le bon reflexe de reculer et de pas courir. ouf !
It looks like she was trying to push/scare him away...
If she wanted him she could have taken him, easy. Kudos to brosef for keeping it together..
She doesn't know that though. Humans are big and loud. There have been studies/experiments that have proved most wildlife animal are afraid of humans. Rough summary, look up for the scientific findings... Researchers put a talkbox with human recordings in the wild and most predators left their hunting area within miles
She wasn't going for a hunt, if she had been, she would have killed him easily. She was just protecting her cubs 02:18
That’s why I have a sword when I go hiking in the mountains
in the video he says at one point _"go away!!! i'm big and i'm scary"_
*laughs in cougarian*
She had you Brother. Respect to those who protect their own.🐆
My heart was in my throat watching this!
It’s save to say the cat was just cravin’ some burgess.
I was trying to figure out why it took him so long to start throwing rocks.
Rocks all around!
Maybe because in order to throw a rock meant he had to squat down to pick one up, potentially triggering the cat to attack
@@Being_Jeff good point
Why 5.30 mins to hurl the rock at the cougar ? Can be analysed this way. In such a life-threatening situation your brain is occupied with so many thoughts, that may be the most critical ones don't strike you. Also bending down puts you in a negative prey situation, which big cats exploit with lightning speed. Don't underestimate the reach of big cats. Glad that at least at the 5.30 min when the cougar was also tired of pursuing him and the thought of her cubs must have been playing on her mind, he picked up the rock and hurled at her and she dashed back to her babies, which appears to be a life saving decision.
He said that all the times you see her ferociously pounce was when he crouched to pick up a rock. He couldn't get low or she would pounce which is why it took him so long. If he looked down or away for half a second she pounced too.
Just chasing him away from cubs
I'm an American and I've never heard cougar pronounced that way by an American...kinda endearing. Different but... endearing .
She was just being a good mom and risking her life and protection to scare what she felt was a predator off of her cubs. Her actions were not meant to be anything but a threat and show of force. This is a wild animal being a good parent, wish they would stop trying to make this seem like it is something unreasonable or super scary.
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Are you joking? This guy's life was on the line and yes she would have attacked if he didn't take the measures he'd taken
@@shamrock141 no if she wanted to attack him she wouldn't stop her charge
@@Grim_Haunting as someone who's worked with wild animals no you're mistaken. If he had turned his back or ran away she would have gone for him. He did the right thing and backed away slowly while still maintaining eye contact and acting tough
I’m confused now was this a mountain lion a cougar or a bobcat
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"Mountain Lion" and "Cougar" are just two of several names for this large cat species with the scientific name "Puma concolor". (If you are really interested check Wikipedia for more details...)
The reason why he mentioned "Bobcats" is - that he mistook the Cougar cubs for adult Bobcats (which are much smaller and less dangerous to humans).
Me too
@Bryan Ouellet bobcat has a bobbed tail and pointy ears and smaller frame
Quote from cat 3 days later !
"I like humans, but I couldn’t eat a full one. As soon as I saw he had thumbs I was out"
Mama is doing her nature.
People who are saying "don't say stalking" guys stop cougars don't have social media to feel snowflaky
Yeah, but they're endangered animals, and encounters like these can lead to the cougar being put down. Many bears have been put down because they got comfortable around human that stupidly feed them.
@@pyarepiyush cougars aren't endangered. Look it in a positive way the editors at bbc might have thought that if we use a catchy headline we may spread more awareness, but I think it was just a clickbaite, no need to get offended by this is what I wanted to say.
If you want to get offended see this ruclips.net/video/1Wp5sDrwH3o/видео.html This is just a example though they are many videos like this without getting reported which are on RUclips just doing fine and earning revenue on animal abuse
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Like hell I’m going to click on a video that shows animal abuse!
😂😂🤣🤣🤣he got mix at the end... it's a cougar not a bobcat
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When he saw the cub he should have quickly retreated,
fortunately this was a small cougar, she weighed about 100 lbs,
a big male cat can be 8 feet long and weigh 250 lbs, this area of the Western States has many mountain lions, the Big Cats usually prowl at 1:00 am,
when they scream it sounds like a woman, and is blood chilling, you wake and feel like a helpless little rabbit, fortunately you always sleep in a Cabin, or Camp Trailer and not out under the stars.
She may be about a 100 lbs., However, think of how much a 10 lb domestic cat could hurt you, now scale it up. When standing on their back legs there as tall as a human
*cougar* had to *_escort_* him out of her space.
_"haAadOUken!! hadouken!! hadouken!!!"_ 🤣🤣🤣
the ozzyman narration is absolutely hilarious , frigging gold.
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I thought this was going to be about Cougars that stalk younger men at bars, same principle tho! Move back slowly and say go away
I womder how stoned he was before that cat showed up.... What a buzz kill 🤯
Don't mess w/momma's cubs!
I can’t imagine having to GO BACK that same way! Ahhhhhh
He did have to go back that same way though. The cougar was chasing him up the mountain and further away from the trailhead. He said he picked up a rock and a stick, ran into some hikers who had just come from that way and they didn't see the cougar so he felt safer, but he waited a half hour or so before going back down.
I have lived among the Mountain Lions in Utah and California, living in a Hammock.
I got attacked by a couger once. It was a struggle but I her head with a rock many times before she ran away.
She saw me again later in the day, as soon as I charged at her, she sprinted away in fear.
Stay out of those bars and it wont happen again!
@@gladegoodrich2297 Okie dokie
Why is this news? Out of everything that has happened
for you ?
Maybe you don't want to jog alone on that trail again Kyle?
I wonder where it happened exactly, they should have some sort of signs warning about cougar habitat in the area
Bros so confident
He didn’t ask her permission to film 😂
Mother was not hunting and/or stalking. If she was, this man would have been killed when he turned his back to the path for vlog time. As our rangers in my county and Yellowstone always say, "If you think the 'lion is gone, it isn't" - in cases without young where the mountain lion is likely hunting.
Make sure you never bend down in such an encounter and do not turn your back to trigger any facets of prey response in the animal.
Agreed. I wouldn't have bothered to sit down at the end; he should've kept going. Her adrenaline was still peaking even though she wasn't hunting.
it was still stalking, stalking isn't equivalent or just applicable to stalking a prey...its still pursuing him though for a different reason.
i have cats that do that "paws in the dirt" to the dogs...just a scare tactic...if they wanna kill or eat, theyd go high and stealth
At the end the presenter sounds like he says "unfortunately survives the situation as well" hahaha
Yeah we got Mountain lions over here in L.A CA too and i saw one from a distance near griffith park. It was a bit scary but cool
Great, love the Cougar!
Kyle Burgess who's alive with us.
Oh jeez I'd of cracked meself😂😂she was only protecting her babies, only women would understand her point😻
Bush tip, I carry M80 with me when I hike in the bush. I've used one to scare a brown bear off in Alaska and a cougar in Northern California. If He had one, that would have ended in 30 seconds, once the animal hears the huge explosion.
That's an idea.. what State do you live in? are they easy to get? Can you say the price please?
@@edgarsi Get online. $10 each
I thought this was Robert Pattinson in the thumb nail
he handled it well
Unfortunately survived the situation as well??? Why did he say it like that at the end!?!?
AND fortunately
I really love cougars..
That isnt a stalk. Thats just a mom saying get away from my babies. If she was stalking he would have never seen her coming. Do your research.
Very scary wow. Glad he's ok
She was not stalking him!! If she was he would have never seen her coming. She was protecting het babies like any protective mother would do.
What a great experience, albeit scary!
I just wonder how all the cougar expert in the comments found time to become doctors of Felinology while still attending Mensa meetings.
Amazing 😲😲
The wild cat was an amateur.🤣
Of you find little cubs you can't just assume the mother ain't around thats just stupid
Very nice information
What if he went uphill? The cougar would try to chase him or wait for him to come down?
Awful interviewer 🙄
One thing you don’t want to do..is ever turn your back on them
NOPE!
I have a feeling like this guy was looking for that kinda attention, being around the Cubs and stuff.
Trail running is a normal activity for humans. Your mind is attributing a motivation to his actions.
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Dude that's a trail run I've run into wild animals too and it's most certainly NOT by choice
She just wanted to play
😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍
No she wanted him to stay away from her Cubs...that’s female and male animals do attack anyone who comes near their young..damn don’t y’all watch nature???
That's not a *stalk," If it was he'd be dead
if you watch the full video the big dummy was walking up on the cubs in the road. a big no no that a real outdoorsman would know. also it's the fall when animals are out eating their weight getting prepared for a long winter Utah has. always carry bear spray or pepper spray especially in the fall. he is lucky to be alive
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Was that a Babey cougar too, looked tiny the poor thing
Feeding two hungry cubs tends to make them very lean. She'll probably put on half her weight when they start eating meat.
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angry cougar eh, i know one of those myself
Ofcourse this will happen if you go in to someone personal space
ive watched this a hundred x...im so glad he didnt have to kill her...or she didnt have to kill him...as we encroach further into their territory, they are the APEX PREDATOR in this situation ...but i think she was just protecting her offspring....they have to protect their babies....
kudos dude...ida freaked, dropped the phone, screamed and ran and mightve been lunch for her cubs🤣🤣🤣
Yea you never run from a big cat or even turn your back. Once you do that you’re as good as dead.
You will likely never get a chance to find out what you would do. Cougars are shy animals and avoid human contact whenever possible.
Smart not to turn his back on her