My cousin and I came across a cougar while we were hiking in Wisconsin. (Reply #68)

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 03:41 PM

68. My cousin and I came across a cougar while we were hiking in Wisconsin.

It came out of the woods about 15 feet from us, stopped on the path and looked at us, and then kept on walking back in to the woods. Everyone said we were full of it, but we know what we saw!

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70 replies	Author	Time	Post
Most unusual encounters with a wild animal (any kind that isn't someones pet) [View all]	Stuart G	Jan 2018	OP
Not sure if goats count,	lapucelle	Jan 2018	#1
Yes, wild goats count.. Met a mother goat and its child on a trail in Glacier National Park once	Stuart G	Jan 2018	#4
A friend was gored and bled to death by a mt goat. I wasn't there, but they are not small tame goat	uppityperson	Jan 2018	#29
I brought my kitten sam up to the cottage. I put food out for her at night. She was inside	applegrove	Jan 2018	#2
taking a walk near where I work	Skittles	Jan 2018	#3
Thank You for sharing ...great story..wonderful.	Stuart G	Jan 2018	#5
Lovely!	silverweb	Jan 2018	#17
it does; what gorgeous creatures!	Skittles	Jan 2018	#20
(see #23 below...)	lastlib	Jan 2018	#25
see that would freak me out	Skittles	Jan 2018	#27
I'm so jealous....	silverweb	Jan 2018	#26
the tufted ears are very cool indeed	Skittles	Jan 2018	#28
Yeah, they are.	silverweb	Jan 2018	#35
About 20 years ago, my late husband & I went whalewatching on a zodiac in the AuAu Channel	catbyte	Jan 2018	#6
What a memory!	silverweb	Jan 2018	#18
"...got out with camera, and got within two or three feet of it...."	shanny	Jan 2018	#7
I take my dog Max	BigMin28	Jan 2018	#8
I was squirrel hunting one day and fell asleep sitting on the ground using a	doc03	Jan 2018	#9
another one--dead of winter, out in woods looking for a cow about to have a calf....	lastlib	Jan 2018	#32
That's quite cute	uppityperson	Jan 2018	#56
Oh...I forgot one..I was walking on a trail in the Everglades National Park once.	Stuart G	Jan 2018	#10
I think it was more of an unusual encounter for it	TlalocW	Jan 2018	#11
As a kid we vacationed	Texasgal	Jan 2018	#12
What a thrill.	silverweb	Jan 2018	#19
Oh...just about wild animals...disclaimer.....we think that the ones discussed here are extremely	Stuart G	Jan 2018	#13
Two in 2017. First was at home. Went out my back door and came	sinkingfeeling	Jan 2018	#14
Coyote sighting in the middle of Los Angeles	DBoon	Jan 2018	#15
wow	handmade34	Jan 2018	#16
A squirrel bit my finger.	GreenEyedLefty	Jan 2018	#21
Last July I reached into a bag of mulch	Comatose Sphagetti	Jan 2018	#22
Middle of the night. In the woods. In my sleeping bag........	lastlib	Jan 2018	#23
I was peed on by a tiger	TubbersUK	Jan 2018	#24
I was peed on by an ourang-outang	hvn_nbr_2	Jan 2018	#40
That sounds almost cute :)	TubbersUK	Jan 2018	#41
Some years ago, I was visiting my father's grave on his birthday.	greatauntoftriplets	Jan 2018	#30
On a canoe trip, we drank a lot of koolaid before bed	Jarqui	Jan 2018	#31
You were very fortunate to get away unscathed!!	2naSalit	Jan 2018	#36
Bears usually do not like noise	Jarqui	Jan 2018	#43
I wouldn't bet money on your last statement....	2naSalit	Jan 2018	#44
This stuff happened many years ago and maybe we were naive.	Jarqui	Jan 2018	#48
Bears can move much faster than a human but not for as long a time.	PufPuf23	Jan 2018	#54
Camping in New Zealand	jpak	Jan 2018	#33
Walking down a trail in SE AK bush when I came to a sudden stop because something unseen was	uppityperson	Jan 2018	#34
That's	2naSalit	Jan 2018	#37
Black bear or brown bear? nt	PufPuf23	Jan 2018	#51
There were lots of black, but I was near the ocean where there are also brownies	uppityperson	Jan 2018	#53
There is a big difference.	PufPuf23	Jan 2018	#55
I know there's a big difference, just don't know from those tracks that time	uppityperson	Jan 2018	#57
Not in Alaska and have not been there since 1997.	PufPuf23	Jan 2018	#62
Years ago a wild turkey nearly knocked my off my stoop	csziggy	Jan 2018	#38
get some bear spray, it works on more than just bears...nt	2naSalit	Jan 2018	#46
Big problem for me with bear spray - it is capsaicin	csziggy	Jan 2018	#47
That would be a problem...	2naSalit	Jan 2018	#49
Not a Happy Ending, unfortunately	Nictuku	Jan 2018	#39
We let manatees drink from our house at the end of	dewsgirl	Jan 2018	#42
i speak chipmunk. would sit out on our lake cottage 'patio' w/ seeds + being a food station.	pansypoo53219	Jan 2018	#45
Reading through this is reminding me of several encounters I've had.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jan 2018	#50
I have tons of stories	2naSalit	Jan 2018	#52
Great thread. Mine's not exciting...	Duppers	Jan 2018	#58
Porcupine	jberryhill	Jan 2018	#59
I got carjacked by a bear....	fNord	Jan 2018	#60
A raccoon stole my lunch.	jg10003	Jan 2018	#61
My encounters	LWolf	Jan 2018	#63
Wow. Carried a weapon with you?	Duppers	Jan 2018	#69
No weapon,	LWolf	Jan 2018	#70
I lived in a cabin in the woods and...	zanana1	Jan 2018	#64
I was in the back part of the house when I heard something hit the front of the house.	bullsnarfle	Jan 2018	#65
Great OP and threads	marked50	Jan 2018	#66
Returning home after a late shift years ago...	Orrex	Jan 2018	#67
My cousin and I came across a cougar while we were hiking in Wisconsin.	Luciferous	Jan 2018	#68

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