By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:11:59 +0000

Mike:
16 attacks in the last 100 years, as I recall. The majority have happened since 1990, an indicator that we humans are moving into their habitat and increasing the chance of an encounter.
I don’t know about using spray bear repellent on them. That stuff is potent, but it hasn’t been tested on cats. It might make them angry instead of chasing them away. Of course, if the cat has already grabbed you, what have you got to lose?
You could always give it one of your scorpions. /Gary

By: Mike "troll" Dame

Mike "troll" Dame — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:17:05 +0000

i heard somewhere today that in the past 100 years there have only been 14 mountain lion attacks, i dunno if thats for Cal, the US or N.America but id be interested in how it breaks down year to year.
i use to haunt the old quarry that was on Ygnacio Valley rd by Cowell rd back before they built them houses there and often came across mountain lion prints in the mud when water was there, and one morning even came across a freshly killed deer up in the tree area above the quarry, im sure that cat was close but never did see it:(
even though attacks are totally rare i still worry about them happening to me being a regular night time visitor to many parks/open spaces in my search for different scorpion species and i often wonder about the effectiveness of bear repellent on mountain lions

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