sightings of a mountain lion

ha, now that i got your attention, i must share a quick little happening that occurred on tuesday...

we got about 3-4 inches of snow, keith was anxious to take the truck out in the snow so he decided to make a quick stop off after class in this empty lot near the woods close to our house to do some donuts and whatever childish stuff that men do in the snow to feely risky. so he was playing around when a big giant black thing with a long tail came into his peripheral - he swears to this day it was a mountain lion. he said that is stopped to look at him as if to check his truck out...then it pounced off into the woods. of couse i was floored, b/c i walk the bears back there all the time. it was one of those moments when you wished you could have witnessed it with someone else.

now if you know keith, he doesn't get excited over much, so when he came home that night in disbelief, i knew he was truthful and not pulling my leg.

i did some investigating only to find out that the pennsylvania game warden does not report any incidents on file of spotted moutain lions in this area - mainly so that it doesn't scare anyone.

hell, i'd rather know what is lurking out there so i am prepared. at this stage of my training, with those excruitiating running workouts had better pay off or i could give it a good karate chop to the side then run like the wind, rather than get caught off guard only to become it's only meal for the week :(