An avid runner, Donny Stone was out for an evening jog on a trail near Grande Prairie when he saw two cougars cross in front of him. He was intrigued but cautious - he'd always wanted to see a cougar. His intrigue quickly turned to panic when he heard the cougar charge him from behind. Luckily for ...

From Foxnews: As the Coast Guard continued a desperate search Wednesday afternoon for a missing sailboat carrying a father and his three teenage children, rescuers in Florida spotted a green kayak believed to belong to the family near the quartet's last-known position. A seperate debris field ...

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office said an eight-and-a-half-foot-long alligator attacked a 58-year-old man Tuesday on County Road 311 in Bushnell, WKMG reported. The man's condition was not immediately known, but he was airlifted to Ocala Regional Hospital. The alligator was euthanized by a ...

If you have a boring old photo, chances are it's just one photoshop battle away from achieving Reddit-fame and glory. This fallen tree on a lawn proves that nothing is too boring for the internet to flip on its head. Check out more at: mashable.com Image: Reddit/CHOKEMEILIKEIT Image: ...

Here's the tale of Rockwall prosecutors who charged a well-known professional fisherman with attempted theft for cheating in a bass tournament. After it was discovered that Robby Rose, 45, of Garland, Texas, had cheated in the Bud Light Trail Lake Ray Hubbard Big Bass Tournament in order to win ...

I'm not sure if this angry buffalo just wanted to see Old Faithful go off more than everyone else or not, but it's clear you shouldn't be anywhere near a buffalo if it's approaching a crowd. This isn't the first bison attack in the same area, and judging from peoples comfort levels with ...

The ocean is full of wonder. You never know what you're going to find. Lucky for this stranded buck, he was rescued by a shark fisherman before being discovered by actual sharks.

Via KOAT 7: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish conservation officers tracked and killed the bear that attacked a woman running in a marathon Saturday afternoon in the Valles Calderas National Preserve near Los Alamos. The victim apparently surprised a mother bear, whose cub ran up a nearby ...

A Colorado mother discovered her 5-year-old son pinned to the ground by a cougar when she responded to screams outside on Friday night. According to Pitkin County Sheriff's Office, the boy had been playing with his older brother at the time. The woman, whose name hasn't been released, didn't ...

I don't know many kids that would pick up snake they find slithering around and be so excited about their new reptile friend, much less react with such happiness and laughter. That's exactly what happens when little Adriana finds a snake while exploring Beaver Island, Michigan, with her family, and ...

There is a lot of preparation that goes on before heading out for trail riding - how to react to getting blindsided by a bear and flying off your bike probably isn't one of them. Davis Souza found out exactly how that scenario plays out when he runs into a bear as it runs across the trail in front ...

Losing $900,000 and a record blue marlin because of a $5 mistake could make anyone want to hang up their hat. Via Deadspin: A tournament fisherman caught an 883-pound blue marlin off North Carolina that would have won him a $912,000 first prize, but one of the crew members on his boat didn't have ...

Patrick Dineen posted a set of photos of an extremely rare golden tarpon caught recently. The photos were posted on his Facebook page: "Couple more shots of that golden tarpon my anglers sent me last night."  Patrick Dineen The initial reports have us theorizing it's a piebald tarpon similar ...

The one that got away. Every fisherman has one. An epic fish that took the bait, teased them and put up a fight, only to break free and swim off into the sunset. This particular story of a silver king (Tarpon) that didn't stick around for long goes to a Houston based Craigslist poster, who ...