Hiker films himself chased by aggressive cougar for six minutes
A hiker is lucky to be alive after being chased by an aggressive cougar for six minutes – an encounter he caught in terrifying video.
A hiker has been chased by an aggressive cougar for six minutes – an encounter he caught in terrifying video.
Kyle Burgess was walking at the scenic Slate Canyon Trail outside of Provo in Utah, and was filming as he came across a tiny cougar cub on the track. But the cute encounter only lasted seconds, before he was approached by the cub’s aggressive mother, who quickly started chasing him up a hill.
Mr Burgess screamed at the cougar to try and get it to back away as he sprinted away, but the cougar continued advancing on him. Mr Burgess kept filming for several minutes as the cougar chased him up the hill, hissing and charging.
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Mr Burgess tried to scare the big cat off with a number of methods, including yelling at it.
“F**k you! Go away,” he said numerous times. “Go away! Go to your babies! I’m not coming back down I promise!”
After almost six minutes of being chased uphill by the cougar, Mr Burgess picked up a rock, and the cougar suddenly turned and fled.
“Oh dammit. Yeah so that just happened,” he said once the big cat was gone.
“Yeah, not going back that way.”
The video has attracted more than 590,000 views and 5000 comments.
“Oh my god bro! I would NOT have been able to keep as calm as you,” one person commented on the post.
“My heart is racing, and I am watching it from my computer,” another said.
“Always always get the hell out of dodge if you see baby anything,” another said. “Never walk towards. I screamed several times watching that. That was so scary. Glad you made it out OK.”
Cougars are big cats native to North and South America. They’re also sometimes called mountain lions and panthers. They’re capable of leaping great heights, up to 5.5m, due to their large paws and hind legs.
Female cougars raise baby cubs, who are born blind. They typically stay with their mother for the first two years of their lives.
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