The Mountain Lion Attack

In checking the blogsite this morning to see if anyone had taken umbrage at any of my remarks, I found a couple of supportive comments, both very welcome, and the last one even intriguing! I knew from the reference to a mountain lion attack that it had to be from a friend or relative with whom I had shared a story of a cougar attack some years ago. However, the comment was signed "Anonymous", so I have since been speculating on which friend or relative might have sent the comment!

About the time the attack was reported to have taken place, there had been a number of sightings of cougar in our small town during the winter and spring months just passed, most likely due to the heavy snow in the mountains. This usually makes it difficult for the deer to find adequate forage, and so they come down out of the mountains to our valley areas where the snow rarely falls, and where there can always be found the farmer's and rancher's haystacks and other suitable forage. Since the cougar depend primarily on the deer for their sustenance, they tend to follow them down to the valleys. This does not necessarily solve the cougar's problem, as the more open valleys make it difficult for the cougar to successfully stalk the always alert deer. It is not the nature of a hungry cougar to put of eating any longer than absolutely necessary, so they sometimes venture into town in search of the unwary dog or cat . . . or . . .?

Those were younger days whe I fancied myself to be something of a story teller, and so I came up with an idea for an April Fools day story about my being attacked by a cougar. All this by way of putting the reader's mind at rest . . .

Of course, if I ever figure out for sure who the author of that comment was, I will not reveal his or her name, thus respecting his or her wish to remain anonymous.

Henry

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