What a Mountain Lion Does

“We don’t know if it was following him on purpose or if he was just doing what a mountain lion does,” said Coy Kline, warden sergeant for the Butte area with the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

What the mountain lion did was follow a 10 year old boy home from the bus stop on Tuesday. Maybe for cookies and milk, but we’re not entirely sure.

What is strange is that a story like this isn’t that strange in Big Sky. What do you say to a friendly cougar anyway. “Whoa, hey! Nice tooth.”

Now I once read that if you happen to find a less amicable cat on the trail, you should make yourself look as big as you can. Lift your jacket up over your head and raise your upper lip in a snarl. I could be wrong about the snarl part. But by the time I got back from the car with my jacket, the cat would surely be gone.

Mountain lion sighted in subdivision south of Butte