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Cdog911
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posted April 22, 2011 07:00 PM
The following link takes you to the T&PC blog where they feature the results of what a cougar can do to a car. According to the text with the pics, this happened during the night and the owners think the lion might have been after their cat which was either beneath the car or in the engine compartment. What a mess.
http://blog.trapperpredatorcaller.com/trapline/2011/04/20/CarShreddedByMountainLion.aspx?et_mid=362222&rid=3514666
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Kokopelli
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posted April 22, 2011 08:31 PM
That must make for an interesting insurance report;
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jimanaz
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posted April 22, 2011 09:29 PM
I would have never dreamed a lion would be that determined. WOW!!!
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I wonder if the guy who commented would think this is a big dog track too? 
[ April 22, 2011, 09:44 PM: Message edited by: jimanaz ]
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Leonard
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posted April 22, 2011 10:53 PM
I think the guy has a point. The chewing on the plastic sure looks like dog to me and those paw tracks on the windshield don't look right, either?
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jimanaz
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posted April 22, 2011 11:24 PM
I'm not an expert. Where's Steve when you need him?
My reasoning...the windshield is slanted and slick. Not gonna be able to get up it or put any weight on the feet that are on it, hence all the sliding tracks. The one good print doesn't look long enough to be that wide and canine and there's too much space between the toes.
Now that I've had a while to ponder, I wonder if it may have been more than one? There really looks to be a lot of work involved. Without the tracks, I would have thought bear.
This is supposed to be a gray wolf track (pretty big dog). See what I mean?
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posted April 23, 2011 02:34 AM
Whatever it was, it certainly was hungry.
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posted April 23, 2011 05:18 AM
I saw that posted elsewhere. I'd say the work and tracks of a DOG.
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Okanagan
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posted April 23, 2011 07:22 AM
"I'd say the work and tracks of a DOG."
Ditto that.
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32below
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posted April 23, 2011 08:03 AM
Suppose it might have been the big white canine behind the fence in the third pic?
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jimanaz
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posted April 23, 2011 09:45 AM
OK, OK. Upon further review (zoomed a lot), I relent. Guess I'd never make it as a forensics investigator.
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Leonard
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posted April 23, 2011 11:06 AM
Jimanez, this is why it takes balls to swim upstream against majority opinion. Stick to your guns, man! Without photographic proof, you can claim an alien did all that damage and who's to call bullshit?
What I want to know, other than vivid imagination, is exactly WHY this article presupposes that a lion did the damage? The teeth marks alone would indicate bear or dog with strong jaws. Cats have very delicate teeth and they don't crack bones when eating, like canine. There was no reason to jump up and conclude that a lion was involved, in my opinion. The tracks and the chewing says "dog" to me, and I am wondering why somebody thought lion, in the first place. (I hate the word, cougar, never use it)
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Paul Melching
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posted April 23, 2011 11:18 AM
Probably was the car owners dog and he needed it to be a random act out of his control for insurance purposes,hence the lion story!
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Leonard
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posted April 23, 2011 12:15 PM
I like the way you think, Paul.
I would never have come up with that kind of reasoning, being cursed with a certain amount of honesty. You almost rival my ex daughter-in-law for thinking on her feet. And, the dishonesty, goes without saying.
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edit: and you say I've got balls!
edit: what if there are two other vehicles in the yard that are chewed on? I bet you can come up with a good one, like it was a whole pack of lions, escaped from the circus? Those are actually bullet holes, officer. Freak hail storm, meteor shower! Factory defect? My son, the idiot, was swatting flies with an icepick.
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Kokopelli
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posted April 23, 2011 01:19 PM
Clearly, this was collateral damage caused by a firefight between aliens escaping from Area 51 and the Air Force. What better cover story than cute animals interacting with each other????
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jimanaz
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posted April 23, 2011 02:46 PM
My balls are still in tact and tiger blood is still coursing through my veins. I'll be there for the next controversy that interests me. I'm also not too big to say I was wr, wr, wrrrr, wr wr wr.....well, you know.
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Leonard
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posted April 23, 2011 05:32 PM
I seem to remember Crown Royal in a blue bag? I wish I could afford it.
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posted April 23, 2011 07:58 PM
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Steve Craig
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posted April 28, 2011 08:49 AM
Hard to say without seeing a true track in the dirt/mud.
Cant go by those on the glass.
but I dont see any toenails.
I have seen the big cats beat a cage trap around with a sweet bobcat or grey fox morsel inside and tear the trap completely apart like it was nothing.
So they can be pretty tough on things if they want something.
Your guess is as good as mine.
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jimanaz
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posted April 28, 2011 09:43 AM
There he is! I feel somewhat vindicated.
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Leonard
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posted April 28, 2011 10:01 AM
You feel vindicated and I'm surprised. Howdy.
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posted April 28, 2011 02:02 PM
Here you go boys! As I stated.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/cougarcar.asp
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Leonard
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posted April 28, 2011 02:31 PM
Thank you, 3toes, but don't hog all the credit. Look above and you will see where the #4 poster clearly "opines" that he suspects a dog(s).
So, we agree about most things, except turrets.
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