And they aren’t staying put deep in the forest either. The dead animal will attract mountain lions as a food source, and you’ll be more prone to an attack if a mountain lion thinks you’re a threat to their cubs.Ĭoyotes live in every state in the U.S. If you come across a dead animal or mountain lion cubs, keep moving and don’t linger. If you’re doing either activity, always make sure you stay in groups. Mountain lion sightings most often occur during hiking or camping trips.
Mountain lions will likely stay away from you unless you seem like a threat, so hearing them out in the wild isn’t a cause for concern in it of itself. If you hear this sound and aren’t sure where it’s coming from or what’s making it, it’s best not to investigate any further. Like other felines, a mountain lion will growl when it feels threatened or aggressive. During mating season, you may hear the high-pitched, hair-raising scream of a female. This type of call is usually a mother looking for her children while they’re out. Many people have reported that mountain lions sound like birds making cute chirping sounds. When they are out roaming, they also make noises that sound like a chirp or a person whistling. Their growl and hiss can make them sound like an overgrown house cat. The animals are generally quiet, but the noises they make can sometimes be confused with other animals. Unfortunately, sometimes that food can be your family pet. Mountain lions can cover more than 20 miles a day searching for food. These animals can also be found in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Often referred to as cougars, mountain lions can be found in abundance from the U.S.-Canadian border all the way south to Texas and California. Outdoor cameras reveal that they have become frequent visitors to the edge of woodlands and to suburban backyards. Both have received the normal treatment of more than 30 shots for rabies.įor more crazy stories, visit The Realblog and check out Realtree’s Facebook page.Technology has made us aware that mountain lions and cougars, in many cases, aren’t just staying in their natural habitat anymore. Kristi said she is very happy her husband was there and that he saved her life. “This animal was very sick and I don’t know from experience but I understand rabies is a very terrible death for an animal,” Kristi said. Law enforcement arrived and killed the bobcat, which ended up testing positive for rabies. “I knew when I realized it was a bobcat, having been born and raised in Eastern North Carolina and hunting all my life, you know, that’s just not normal.” “I’m not happy that this happened, we don’t take any pleasure that I shot the cat,” Happy said. Happy knew something was wrong with the cat, he said, and was able to shoot it once and wound it. Happy said the bobcat bit him several times.Ī neighbor called 911 and told the operator that a cat too large to be a house cat had attacked Kristi and she needed medical attention, according to 911 logs by the Pender County Sheriff’s Office.Īt the time, the bobcat was still hiding under the vehicle in the driveway. He said he thought throwing the cat would either make it run off, or give him enough time to shoot it. He then pulls out his sidearm and chases the cat around the car. In the video you can hear Happy screaming, “Oh my God, it’s a bobcat! Oh my God!” before he throws it several feet across the lawn. “And so I shoved my arm in.” That’s how he ended up holding the animal above his head. “I just remember seeing this face and it was trying to bite her right there in the side of the neck,” Happy told WECT. Happy then heroically pulls the cat off of her, carries it to his front lawn, and throws it as far as he can. “But it sounded like a very angry cat, so in the video I back up to see if I can see what it is and when I do the face of this bobcat came around the corner of the car.” “As I came out of our garage, I heard a growl behind or beside one of our cars and I knew it was a cat because I know what a cat sounds like,” Kristi told WECT. Happy mentions he needs to wash his car, and seconds later a wild bobcat can be heard growling before it runs up Kristi’s back and begins attacking her. In the footage, you see Kristi and Happy Wade walking to their SUV at their home in the Creekside subdivision in Burgaw. Home security footage of the terrifying encounter has now gone viral. A North Carolina couple was loading up their car to take their senior cat to a veterinarian when a wild bobcat attacked.
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