quasi Report This Comment Date: June 26, 2012 05:43PM
A couple from Montana were out riding on the range,
he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera.
Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion
a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs
(you'll see the dogs in the background watching).
Very, very bad decision.
The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to
shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could
get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a
piece of those dogs.
With that, the mule took off and decided he wanted a piece
of that lion.
That's when all hell broke loose for the lion.
As the lion approached the dogs, the mule snatched him up
by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head
on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped
on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then
got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of
dozen times to make sure it was dead, then whipped it into
the air again, walked back over to the couple (who were stunned
in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride as if
nothing had just happened.
Onyma Report This Comment Date: June 26, 2012 06:15PM
Snopes has a different version.
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BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: June 26, 2012 07:01PM
The Snopes version is a little confusing to me. It seemed to indicate there
were two lions and one was shot by Jody and that the lion the mule did that with
was already dead but didn't mention anything about the other lion.
For being a site that is supposedly focused on accuracy of info they seem to
have left out a lot of details.
quasi Report This Comment Date: June 26, 2012 07:40PM
Don't know about mountain lions but mules and donkeys will take on a pack of
coyotes - they're used to protect heard animals.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: June 26, 2012 08:01PM
I know a woman who raises mules around here. They are interesting animals. I
know another woman who raises horses around here and they met one day I was
there and the horse lady was a snooty to the mule lady and sneered at her and
made some negative comment for her raising mules, which I thought was pretty
rude.