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Rabid mountain lion in attack mode no match for Chino Valley man and his frying pan

I guess I'm going to have to start carrying a skillet when I camp in the Tonto National Forest. I love the photo they got of Brandon and Apollo.
http://chinovalleyreview.com/main.asp?S ... leID=55221

. . .were camping May 4 at a remote spot on the Tonto National Forest, near the Verde River off Bloody Basin Road, . . .

Holy snickers!
I love it " we just packed up and moved to a place with less bushes".
I would have had to go home and wash my Transformer undies...
Wasn't it just 2 years ago a mountain lion jumped a kid on a quad at Sheep Bridge?

I wonder if he could see the stars circling its head.

The reader's comment below the story is very interesting. I don't care how healthy a Mountain Lion is, it is not going to lurk next to a camp with 7 people in it to go after a dog. The camper's instincts were right about it being rabid and they did the right thing, dog or no dog....It could very well have been a person instead....

I'm gonna need a bigger gun.

then another friend shot it a couple of times just to make sure it was dead

Yup. Sounds like my kind of friend.

Guess there's more than one use for a cast iron skillet! Don't leave home without one

I always bring a big cast iron skillet when car camping but never thought to use it as a weapon.......

Trishness wrote:I always bring a big cast iron skillet when car camping but never thought to use it as a weapon.......

You obviously haven't camped with my brother-in-law.

Alston Neal wrote:

Trishness wrote:I always bring a big cast iron skillet when car camping but never thought to use it as a weapon.......

You obviously haven't camped with my brother-in-law.

Dare I even ask? OK, I'll take the bait.

Does he kill small critters with a single blow and are possums even remotely involved?