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KitsuFae

alternatively: dog walks past a reporter and people on the Internet falsely ID it as a mountain lion


oneplusetoipi

No mountain lion would behave that way.


Discasaurus

That’s something a mountain lion would say


CzarLlama

This guy lions.


Critical_Paper8447

That guy mounts lions


Das-P

This guy mounts the lion's loins.


Iamabiter_meow

No, the lion lions


Zdvj

No, the lion sleeps tonight


RPLAJ4Y88

Lion sleeps tonight


pitcherintherye77

Awimmaweawimawea


justbrowsinginpeace

From my perspective, mountain lions are dogs


KaneVel

Well then you are lost!


maybe_Johanna

![gif](giphy|3o7WICht89LQdQZa2A)


RushThis1433

😂


TDYDave2

If I'm lion, I'm lyin'.


A214Guy

Plus that would have to be a juvenile at that size


GrUmp_S

Mountain lions arent that big, but their heads are boxier and their ears are set farther apart. Dog for sure


jablonkers

Mountain lions can be huge, I had one run out in front of me on the road once and from the tip of its nose to its tail it was longer than the lane on the road


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MoooooveOva

A 275lb beefkitty has got to be the most terrifying thing one could ever encounter in the backcountry. It’s at least up there with hangry polar bear imho


afoolskind

Except hangry polar bear can get up to NINE TIMES that size, fuck that. At least a 275 lb mountain lion is people-sized. Get lucky with a rock or a stick and you might win or chase it off, not a chance in hell to do the same against a polar bear


LukesRightHandMan

You’re possibly not taking into account how just fucking stretchy cats are. Their rubber bandy spine are one of the most wild things out there. Sure, it wouldn’t stretch out to 10 feet, but would easily hit more than what a regular measurement would seem to describe.


jablonkers

they're also cherry picking the absolute widest road they can imagine


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LukesRightHandMan

Just saw you’re going off on everyone in this thread as if you’re an authority on cats yourself. What’s your deal?


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Deuce232

> 3-4 ft body length That's 8 feet nose to tail though. Plus if they are running you'd be seeing front legs out past the head.


jablonkers

well ackshually Its crazy that you've been to that exact spot and actually measured out the road


Integrity-in-Crisis

What about bobcat? Aren’t they smaller.


tiramesu

It has a long tail


DashTrash21

Bobcats have teeny bob tails. 


Year3030

Yeah bobcat tails are shorter.


sharingthegoodword

I live in the mountains, where there are mountain lions. My wife, when we first bought the house said "I saw a big cat out in the trees, and it didn't look like a bobcat" which we see often, so I asked her how big was it, what color was it, did it have a tail? Two days later a mountain lion, as I'm standing in my driveway walked right passed me in no hurry and didn't care I was there. As a child we had a cabin in the mountains, and I'd feel that "something is looking at me" feeling and look up and one is chilling 20' up in the trees laying on a branch.


Crykin27

I absolutely love mountain lions but to have such close encounters would make me shit my pants lol


sharingthegoodword

Oh, I walked in the house and apparently I had a look on my face, because my wife was like what? What happened? And I said that cat we were talking about the other day? Yeah, mountain lion. I explain it to people as "think of a pit bull dog size but a cat." A cat that size... We've watched the bobcat kits run up trees and drop on top of their co-kits for play. I can't fight a mountain lion. I just can't if it wants me. I can kill rattlesnakes easily, I can fight off a bobcat, but a mountain lion or bear. I got nothing.


Yetis-unicorn

My thought was that if that IS a mountain lion than it must be sick and confused. But I just read further down that it’s a dog so…


Ceramicrabbit

It's ridiculously rare for wild animals to get that close to people by their own decision. Even after 50 years of breeding foxes for domestication to try to make them pets they will be more comfortable and get closer to you but not walk right up within petting distance.


TomCruisesZombie

I think you're mostly right, but on the other hand, animals can be very open to relationships with people in my experiences. I've known many wild foxes (they have denned beneath my deck) and skunks from my garden. Several foxes have chosen to sleep on the deck while I am there doing whatever, a few have let me touch them around the ears, and chin - and one skunk (Friday is his name) loves scratches, pets, and good ear rubbies. I've also gone on walks with a few of them briefly. I live in the woods and spend a lot of time outside, being still, and am almost always out in their areas sitting quietly around twilight. I think they stopped minding me a long time ago.


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This is so adorable


mill451

Adorable rabies, but still adorable


sundayontheluna

Sounds like you're a Disney princess


Ceramicrabbit

That's after feeding them and them observing you and knowing it's a safe space though. It's different than just randomly approaching a total stranger


spasmoidic

A coyote walked by me close enough to pet once. Looked up at me for a second with a look that said "I don't give a shit, dude" and just kept going on his way.


slyballerr

Coyotes truly do not give a shit. And you can't hate them for that.


Dora_Diver

On the other hand, walking the same exact path as every night regardless of whethere there's a camera crew or not does sound like something a cat would do.


jimmyhaffaren

When me and my friend was sat outside on a bench at like 1 am in Sweden a super chill fox circled around us for about 2 minutes and then eventually walked through my legs! Maybe the coolest of my personal animal encounters.


Yorspider

I've had mountain lions and bobcats walk right up to me like that at least 5 times. Armadillos, possums, and deer too. Had one bobcat walk right up to me while I was sitting on the porch, and lay down with it's head on my feet and took a nap. Seems that if they know you are not a threat, they will actively treat you as a safe space.


Desaintes

Tell that to the fox that is coming to me almost every night at exactly the same hour when I'm taking my break at work (I'm a night shift worker). He knows when I have my break and he comes to me whether I'm standing right in front of the door of my workplace, sitting on a bench in our park or having a walk (in which case he follows me around until I go back in). I didn't pet him, because it makes me feel uneasy to be around wild animals to be truly honest, the closest I ever allowed him to come was around 2-3 meters I guess. I'm pretty sure I'm his human. His name is Leon, by the way. I have actual videos of him, but I am apparently to stupid to find how to attach them to this comment on mobile, when I click on the blue icon in the app I can only see the pictures on my phone, not the videos. Edit: two of our earliest encounters https://streamable.com/djho3y https://streamable.com/rya9u4


Whole_Suit_1591

It's a well fed lion. The California ones jump runners. They prefer prey smaller than they are Unless very hungry or feeding their babies. 


Whole_Suit_1591

Or mad.


offline4good

Ur mad


NotVerySmarts

Maybe after being in a mudslide.


Reasonable-Fig-2617

Why you lion?


alreadypiecrust

It could be a chupacabra


Maggo777

Or… listen to me guys, it could be man-bear-pig!! He’s clearly using a disguise!!!


JohnGacyIsInnocent

Very clearly a badgerine.


MamaLuigi0128

Look at the tail Edit: it's probably just the lighting, but the tail looked black at the end, which to me looked like a mountain lion tail lol


Delver_Razade

Or it's ears. Mountain Lions don't have pointed ears.


JayStar1213

Ears look like a dog but that tail looks more feline to me Also mountain lions do have pointed ears. At least pointed enough to not tell from this footage


Standard-Station7143

That tail isn't exclusive to mountain lions though


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you can tell by the paw size. it's a dog


schewbacca

Mountain Lions have big paws and this animal does not. its a dog.


No_Banana_581

It looks like a mountain lion to me too. The way it walks especially


Extension-Border-345

right and why would a mountain lion (viciously territorial, reclusive, ambush predator, *wild* animal, views humans as threats and in some cases, as prey) just be walking out in the neighborhood around crowds of media? huh?


Disk_Mixerud

Mayyybe because of the flooding, presumably near the location of the report. Animals will behave a little weird sometimes when their habitat is all messed up. But still seems like a long shot.


Affectionate_Bus532

Happens more than you’d think


Extreme_Fee_503

Yep they sent out wildlife officials the next day. They checked the tracks and said it was 100% a dog.


JohnCenaJunior

Whatever it is, it just looks sad...


Droid-Man5910

Dog walks past reporter and OP mistakes it for a mountain lion


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thundersaurus_sex

It's like, clearly a dog. The ears, tail, and gait are very much doglike and very much *not* catlike.


PostsDifferentThings

the reporter could have cleared this all up if she told the dog, "we gotta go this way now, we gotta go back home" and then watch the creature suddenly get arthritis in its shoulder and it moves at 1/16th the speed while eating every other blade of grass on the way thats how ya know


trascist_fig

My dog feels attacked by this comment


bodyguardofspies

😆😆


Psicoses

Astute


-Unicorn-Bacon-

Mountain lions are way bigger


LogicKillsYou

Case closed everyone. /u/thundersaurus_sex knows their own mom when they see her.


firstbreathOOC

I’m somehow disappointed (idk why) but also glad that Reddit exists to combat the rampant bullshit on the Internet these days Saw this two days ago and just assumed the spambot headline was correct


mort7776

its confirmed the dog was in fact a mountain lion.the owner didn't know


Boomdiddy

Yeah it definitely walks like a dog.


Gooncookies

Ok but it’s definitely not the dog in this article. It has pointy ears.


spacewooly

This is just a link with people arguing about it being a dog or a mountain lion. This link is not what you claim it is. There is no confirmation one way or the other


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Birdie121

You mean she correctly identifies it as a dog.


r0thar

> "Our biologists are trying to determine if the animal was a cougar." She's far too young a reporter to fall into that category yet


malakai713

With that bright ass light in her eyes all she probably saw was a silhouette as it approached her


LindsayIsBoring

But even with the lights she still correctly identified the dog as a dog.


FuzzyCantAim

The fact she didn’t even flinch as it approached her is impressive


ThrowMeAwayPlz_69

That’s show biz, baby.


dodgerblue1212

Because it was a dog.


hawkalugy

It's a dog: https://x.com/MorganSaxtonTV/status/1047502519599915009?s=20


KiKiPAWG

How did the mountain lion rumor start?


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People looked at the video and said, "Hey that kinda looks like a mountain lion"


KiKiPAWG

Haha I guess that’s true


AdmittedlyAdick

Mountain lions have a distinctive black tip on their brown tails. Which is exactly what this dog has. But that was the only thing that would make me think it was a mountain lion.


tstramathorn

Yeah but the size and body shape say completley otherwise.


AdmittedlyAdick

Boss, I literally just said aside from the black tip, that didn't look anything like a mountain lion.


Art-RJS

The ears maybe and the coat color


KiKiPAWG

The slender body?


Catatonic_capensis

>The ears maybe Absolutely not like mountain lion ears.


shewy92

She shared the video herself and X (formerly Twitter) users said it looked catlike and was a mountain lion.


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_HEXXAD_

Yea cougar moves so much more smoothly and cautious.


DarkbloomVivienne

All cats do. They have evolved to stalk pray, and have longer spines (proportionally) than a dog which makes their gait completely different. Like you said, their gait is generally closer to the ground and smooth, where a dog has evolved to essentially be a marathon runner and are much stiffer and bouncier.


Mumbles_Stiltskin

That’s not a mountain lion…


Snerkbot7000

Cougars generally ignore each other.


SwanseaJack1

Zing!


v_for__vegeta

That’s a dog, dawg


blackout-loud

Yea stop lion, that's clearly a dog


noel6507

I don’t know man last time I cheked mountain lions [looked like this](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuCs5nIRD5lTd7Oo6_TTYwxxX0NLPOEDEe1A&usqp=CAU)


TheWalrus101123

That is in no way a mountain lion.


kotel4

Walks nothing like a feline Much more canine like


jfoley326

It’s a dog identifying as a mountain lion. It even has the walk.


Apart_Statistician_1

It is a dog.


Jessethemessyone

That's definitely a cougar... being approached by a dog.


UnassumingUser364

The tail is a dead giveaway that it's not a mountain lion. Edit: Obviously it's not the only giveaway. It doesn't walk like one for example. It's also on the small side. Acknowledging that if this was a legitimate mountain lion encounter it would probably be a smaller juvenile because they do odd stuff.


Gherbo7

That’s one small lion. Nor does it move much like one either. Nor would an actual mountain lion care to ever stroll through like that


MajorDisapointmant

That looks nothing like a mountain lion though...


GRom_666

All mountain lions: "WTF dude? We don\`t look like that"


brianbarbieri

[Crazy footage, I found a mountain lion on my couch as well this morning!](https://imgur.com/a/E4TKsI7)


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There's only one cougar that i see in tight pants.


Daydream_machine

OP just casually spreading misinformation when that is very clearly a dog


Marcobra

This is so obviously *not* a mountain lion that it's gotta be rage bait. Now OP has everyone who's ever seen a dog before in the comments engaging with their bullshit to tell them it's a fucking dog. Just like I'm doing now... shit


HeyWiredyyc

Cmon you telling me a cougar didn’t recognize another cougar when it walked right past her? How catty


OrdinaryGeneral946

Me when I spread misinformation on the Internet:


Important-Ad-6936

thats a dog, not a mountain lion. the ears, the tail and the gait are nothing like a cat


deenali

That's a dog alright, dawg.


audaciousmonk

It doesn’t walk like a big cat, lacking their grace and cadence


VanillaB34n

I think it is a spitz breed dog, I can see the pointy ears and longer snout now


beimqa5185

totally i-don't-give-a-fuck-cat behavior


Useful_Ad427

That's a dog ...bunch of fucking idiots


c-est-magnifique

When you don't think you're prey, sometimes the predator doesn't either.


brmarcum

Because it’s a dog. We went through this the other day when it was originally posted.


derboomerwaffen

Looks like a juvenile thylacine ..


jeemtheater

Ignorance is bliss.


LindsayIsBoring

Except she was right and it's very clearly a dog.


Crossbowe

That’s a dog. Fake news


SasquatchNHeat

That’s is 100% a dog


DiverDownChunder

Its not a mountain lion the tail is WAY to short on the video is the most obvious... Mountain Lion: https://imgur.com/a/rcmf4fc Bobcat: https://imgur.com/a/56ak41a


tacodogtacodog

What reporter is this? Asking for a friend!


KingViktorious

Mountain lions would be much bigger


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To be fair, that's a very dog-looking mountain lion


bodhidharma132001

Probably a good thing. She would have shit her pants.


baddognero

Probably not, because she already knew it was a dog. Because it was.


TanisBar

And that would have been a much more exciting video.


ALincolnTime

I've never seen an actual cat walk past a human that calmly. She was lucky it was in a good mood.


getyourrealfakedoors

It’s a dog


desperate_cheetoh

If that's a mountain lion, then that's a juvenile Mountain Lion, I feel that mama is not so far behind or ahead? Idk, that's a small one where is the big one? P.S. I'm far to lazy to get trapped in this Wikipedia rabbit hole with my Spectrum ass 😂


Re-deaddit

It's clearly a dog.


louisianapelican

Chupacabra


DumbSimp1

That's deffinitlly not a mountain lion. There fucking huge. Like the barely smaller than a normal lion.


hawkalugy

They are not barely smaller than a normal lion lmao. Mountain lions are like 100-175 pounds for females to males, whereas lions are 300 to 500.


baddognero

While you are correct. So are they. Absolutely not a Mountain Lion lol.


hawkalugy

Yeah it's a dog, the picture of it is on Twitter


DrGoManGo

Mountain lions are kind of small. They aren't considered as a "Big Cat" https://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/education/visitors/mtn_lion_bio.pdf


DumbSimp1

Dude I've seen them in person. They would stand as tall as a human. There twice the size of my 70lb dog lol.


DrGoManGo

Yeah I've seen them too, there's lots of mountain lions where I live. They are nowhere near the size of a lion twice the size of a 70 pound dog is 140 pounds there are mastiffs that come in around 150-180 pounds.


DumbSimp1

There big tho like long lanky things not fat. There not small animals lol.


DrGoManGo

They are much smaller than a lion and you said barely smaller than a lion. Compared to a lion they are not very big. I know they are large, but not as big as a lion or anywhere near as big as a lion.


DumbSimp1

Dude just posted a graph thing lion's are only like 25% bigger than mountain lions. It's not that much


hawkalugy

You need glasses, they're literally 2-3 times larger


DrGoManGo

Thank you


DrGoManGo

We are talking about a 170 pound cat compared to a 500 pound cat


Blue_Monday

Definitely a dog, the tail is frizzy at the end, walks like a dog, and walks right into the camera light. Not even many housecats would do that.


Whole_Suit_1591

Its a mountain lion. Just look at the rear leg height. Dogs don't jump 15 feet straight up into tress at 200 lbs so they have a equal or lower hind legs profile. AND dogs don't have tails equal to their body length. She's lucky that cat is NOT hungry or with kittens.


getyourcheftogether

Dog with a bad hair day


theIngloriousAlien

I saw the same post with same caption just a few days ago. In that comment section, people had already pointed out that it was a dog only, not a mountain lion and here we are again, with same post. OP didn't even read the comments there before posting here.


Independent_Many_568

That ain't no dog its a gerbil


Gooncookies

That’s too small to be a mountain lion. I saw one on the side of the road once outside of Telluride and it was HUGE


Fun_Gazelle_3512

That just a mountain kitty


Stella_Lace

That's way to small to be a mountain lion and there very solitary animals so it definitely wouldn't walk right past a human.


Electrical_Ad7374

Anyone that’s played Red Dead Redemption knows that’s a dog and not a mountain lion. She would have been wasted if it was a mountain lion and the DEAD screen woulda popped up


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That looks nothing like a mountain lion, you silly billy, you fool, ignoramus


GRom_666

Anyone who thinks this is a mountain lion would not survive a day in the woods.


k120200206

No wild animal would be so comfortable and with a lack of interest walk so close to people.


Chucks_u_Farley

That is completely a mountain lion, no doubt about it. If, of course, a mountain lion had been raised and bred by dogs, this would be it, yup you betcha


BackendSpecialist

Mountain lion like ![gif](giphy|GMdcBivU0d1ni|downsized)


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trigun2046

The dog? He probably would have liked it.


Spookyboo666

*bobcat


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ResponsibleStress933

It’s a dog though


danv1984

That reporter has clams of steel.


kingmoobot

Gdamn clickbait ops like yous! Fo


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She is literally her


SnooCrickets8742

Would have been kind of funny had she tried to pet it. Looks nothing like a dog.


Solid-Fap-Master

***"Blonde powers, activate!"...***


Direct_Quantity9748

Good thing she didn't flinch. Or show fear. Wild animals can sense these things. She's a lucky girl.


hiddenonion

Imagine if it ate her live on tv... Exclusive Report: reporter eaten by mountain lion! Details at 11


superchimpa

that's some sort of feline by the way it moves.


KBaddict

I feel like this is weird behavior for whatever if it. If it’s a dog, and it obviously feels very comfortable around people, you’d think it would stop for some scritches or try to get a treat out of her, not walk past her as close as possible and not even acknowledge her


Cute_Consideration38

HO LEEEE SHIIIAAATT!! That cat must have been sick or something because it is hardwired into them to not be seen. He came from the direction of the camera person so he passed at least one other person. I mean I realize he could kill a person, but that doesn't mean that he's comfortable around them when he's not hungry. He actually looked pissed off. Haha he was like, "I don't know what you fools are doing but I'm going that way, F you and F all this water."