Remember that mountain lion that met its surprising end when it got choked out by a trail runner? It turns out Travis Kauffman, the mystery man, has finally revealed who he is while discussing the events that lead to him suffocating a mountain lion by using his foot. Watch below as he recounts ...

Surveillance cameras in a Glendale, California backyard recorded a pretty insane encounter between a deer and a mountain lion in the middle of an intense chase. The chase ends with a surprise splash into the middle of a pool where it looks like the two animals part ways. Fortunately for the ...

Who would win in a fight to the death between an unarmed man and a mountain lion? It sounds like a pretty easy question to answer — the mountain lion, of course. That's what we would've said before hearing the story of a recent mountain lion attack on an unidentified Colorado trail runner who ...

Spotting wild animals in their natural habitat can be one of the coolest experiences during a hike. Assuming you're at a safe distance and don't attempt to do anything dumb, encounters with wild animals shouldn't pose too much of a threat. We'd recommend taking this interaction and using it as ...

A trip to the eye doctor may be in order for this reporter after she made a serious error in identifying a "dog" that walked into her shot during a live report. While covering damage caused by flooding in Spring Lake, Utah, she notices there's an animal approaching her. However, it's definitely ...

Andy Davis of Colorado was having coffee before going for a run when he noticed he had a few visitors on his porch. It was four mountain lions — his run would have to wait. "The mom of the mountain lions hopped up on the patio," he said. "I reached over real slow to grab my phone and snap a ...

There's nothing this mountain lion wouldn't do and nowhere it wouldn't go to get what he wants! How far would you travel to find food, territory or perhaps a smokin’ hot cougar to rev your engine? For one mountain lion, apparently several hundred miles isn’t too far. Yet another ...

If we had to come up with something we absolutely would never want to have to do, wrestling a mountain lion and freeing it by hand would be a good contender. It's a good thing for us we know just who to contact if we ever end up in that situation. Not only does this hunter hardly hesitate to ...

What would you do if you were in the middle of the woods with no gun or any kind of protection and a massive cougar started stalking you? Adam Bartsch, of British Columbia, recently encountered a 140-pound mountain lion while he was setting up trail cameras north of the Campbell River on ...

If there's one certain thing in this world it's that a deer will always run like crazy when surprised by a mountain lion — or basically anything else. That's probably why this cougar was so confused when the decoy deer it was stalking didn't budge. You can see how the mountain lions behavior ...

It's safe to say that Dylan Ross had an epic day out during a hunting trip on November 5. He was nearly killed by a mountain lion, but instead of going home after the incident, he continued and ended up killing a nice buck. It's rare enough to see a mountain lion in the woods. The elusive cat ...

If you spend enough time outdoors, you're eventually going to experience wildlife and nature in ways you never imagined. There are experiences that are common that nearly any outdoorsman has played witness to, but there are others that only a lucky few are ever fortunate enough to experience. ...

If you thought a skunk would back down from a cougar just because it has about 100lbs on the stink monster, you might want to reconsider. This curious cougar found out the pretty fast that walking up on a skunk isn't the smartest move in the world. In this case, the skunk didn't even spray it ...

We've all had that feeling wash over us at multiple points in our lives that someone or something was watching us. Getting that feeling while walking alone in the woods is something else entirely — especially when you discover the culprit right behind you. Joe McGillivray had this exact eerie ...