News December 06, 2021
Terrifying Video Shows Mountain Lion Coming Face-to-Face with Family Dog! WATCH!
Storyful
A 13-year-old shih-poo named Dash had a scary encounter with a mountain lion that was documented in a now-viral video!
Last Thursday, the dog’s owner Sarah Boles filmed the encounter at her home in Grand Lake, Colorado.
As seen in the video — which has since been viewed more than 3.5 million times on TikTok as of Sunday evening — the wild animal appears to be staring into the home right in front of Dash, who is protected by a glass door.
While Boles pleads with Dash to scurry away, the much bigger mountain lion taps on the door with its paw.
“There is a big, big mountain lion on the patio. He wants to eat my dog,” Boles says in the clip.
At one point in the footage, Dash wags his tail as the mountain lion continues to paw at the glass.
“Not going to lie,” Boles continued. “This is really scary.”
Eventually, the mountain lion walks away and leaves the area.
Despite the ordeal, Boles said in an interview with Storyful that she never believed the mountain lion posed a threat to her dog.
“At no time was the lion aggressive, but rather it was just as curious as my dog to figure out what was on the other side of the glass,” Boles said. “Although I was a bit shaken, I don’t feel I was in any danger, and the lion was curious about its own reflection and the dog.”
In fact, Boles added to Sky-Hi News that the mountain lion was “the most beautiful animal I’ve ever seen, and so powerful and frightening at the same time.”
“I knew the cat couldn’t come in in my rational brain, but... I’m five feet away and it’s tapping on the glass,” she continued.
While also speaking to Sky-Hi News, Granby wildlife officer Serena Rocksund said it did not appear that the mountain lion was trying to get at the dog.
“I don’t think the cat could see her but maybe some movement inside,” Rocksund said. “At no point in the video did the mountain lion try to actively attack the dog. It looked more curious than anything.”
However, Rocksund warns that should anyone encounter a mountain lion, they should make loud noises to scare it off.
“Sarah was making noise, but she was being pretty quiet, and with interactions like that, we recommend people be very vocal and let them know a human is around,” Rocksund said. “Mountain lions are naturally scared of people.”
