Before we moved in, our landlord told us that he only saw a mountain lion once in the 20 years he lived here. Well, it's been less than a year, and so far we've seen/heard wild boar (which are very vicious, I came to find out), several bobcat sightings, and just this morning a mountain lion. A BIG mountain lion.
It came up from the ravine, right next to Hubby's car. We were in the kitchen talking, with my back to the window, when Hubby became very silent and just stared outside. I turned around and thought, "Oh, Bambi's back" (Bambi is what we nicknamed the newborn deer that's been hanging around with her momma), then realized that "Bambi" had a really long tail and kinda looked like a cat. Holy crap.
The mountain lion was pretty big and had a long, black-tipped tail. He stopped midstride in our driveway, staring at us, but unlike the bobcat, he became a little spooked and trotted up the hill and into the woods.
It's nice to know that the mountain lion was actually scared of us. That bobcat didn't give a sh!t, even when Hubby was on the deck, yelling at it.
After that, Hubby said he also saw a very large skunk this morning, rummaging around our yard. I heard something rustling as I got into the car to go to the gym, but figured it was a deer. Good thing I didn't investigate! I don't want to be skunked!
On the way home from the gym, I also saw a flock of turkeys and some deer crossing the road. Sheesh- you'd think we lived in the boonies or something.
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