Social distancing in the wild
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 22:29, Reply)
Wrong kind of cougar anyway.
(, Wed 14 Oct 2020, 11:20, Reply)
christ it took him 5mins before he thought of throwing a rock.
that initial picture is click baitish
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 22:45, Reply)
see your point, but
I would say a vicious dog would possibly be more dangerous - who don't give you 5mins to think
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 23:00, Reply)
Also I'm not sure you're allowed to use anything but firearm to defend yourself in the States
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 23:02, Reply)
this is interesting,
www.quora.com/Could-a-human-fight-a-cougar-and-win
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 23:08, Reply)
The animal was just trying to scare him off.
Dogs are more familiar and predictable and without slashy claws
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 23:18, Reply)
Even a starting pistol or whistle might keep it at a distance. He carried on filming, in portrait.
Probably just running him off her territory.
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 23:44, Reply)
There may be some monster male humans that have the ability to defend themselves, barehanded, against such a beast. However, this situation would be statistically insignificant, in my opinion.
(, Wed 14 Oct 2020, 10:28, Reply)
was 'what a lot of handy sticks and stones lying around.' I think I'd have probably kicked some stones at it, then found a hefty rock or branch after PUTTING MY FUCKING PHONE AWAY.
But I guess it's probably different when you're in the moment with the adrenaline and tunnel vision and the FUCKING NARCISSISM.
(, Wed 14 Oct 2020, 15:38, Reply)
for a guy running in a panic.
(, Tue 13 Oct 2020, 23:33, Reply)
and the whole opposable thumb thing, he would have caved the fucker's head in at 0:48

(, Wed 14 Oct 2020, 16:55, Reply)
I think, not unreasonably, our narrator was too scared to bend down to grab a rock, lest the cat pounced. I'm sure he rued not acting decisively when he had the brief opportunity to do so at 0:48 for four very long minutes.
(, Wed 14 Oct 2020, 17:13, Reply)
He will be too big to be prey, so maintaining eye contact and backing off seems like the best option.
(, Wed 14 Oct 2020, 17:39, Reply)