CODY, Wyoming - Wielding his chain saw as a weapon, a former U.S. Marine says he fought off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming.
Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine, said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest when he saw the lion staring at him from some bushes.
Britton revved his 18-inch chain saw and tried to back away. But the 100-pound lion followed.
As the animal pounced, Britton raised his saw and met it head-on - a collision he said felt like a grown man running right into him.
"It batted me three or four times with its front paws and as quick as I hit it with that saw it just turned away," he said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Britton later discovered he'd inflicted a gash on the lion's shoulder. He said he was surprised the damage wasn't worse.
"You would think if you hit an animal with a chain saw it would dig right in. I might as well have hit it with a hockey stick," he said.
The wounded animal retreated, leaving Britton with a only small puncture wound on his forearm.
The attack occurred Sunday evening. Wildlife agents shot and killed the lion Monday after it attacked a dog brought in to track the animal.
Authorities say the lion was in poor physical condition and appeared to be starving. The lion was 4 to 5 years old.
Mountain lions are considered reclusive by nature and officials said the circumstances of the attack were highly unusual. Wyoming officials have documented only eight cases of mountain lions acting aggressively toward humans over the last decade.
Now that's something that doesn't happen every day.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
Seriously though, if you just hit something with a chainsaw it doesn't do that much damage. He ought to know that you need to put a fair amount of effort into it if you want to actually cut.
That was the first thing I thought when I read this.
I guess the Lion rolled higher for initiative.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
USSEnterprise wrote:Is a chainsaw a common thing to bring camping?
I suppose it depends on how long you're going to be out there for, and how cold it is.
Would you want to chop three days worth of firewood with an axe?
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
So... this guy fended off a dying animal - which he outweighed 2 to 1 - using a chainsaw, and helped bring about its death by shooting... and he's proud of this? Asshole.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
Mikey wrote:So... this guy fended off a dying animal - which he outweighed 2 to 1 - using a chainsaw, and helped bring about its death by shooting... and he's proud of this? Asshole.
I wouldn't be proud of it, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, either.
USSEnterprise wrote:
Tsukiyumi wrote:
USSEnterprise wrote:Is a chainsaw a common thing to bring camping?
I suppose it depends on how long you're going to be out there for, and how cold it is.
Would you want to chop three days worth of firewood with an axe?
I don't believe in fresh air
You know going without sunlight is unhealthy, right?
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
I'd be proud of it. I would have a cap-cape thing made like Heracles and run around the city naked with a big club... with another big club in my hand.
How many Minbari does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None. They always surrender right before they finish the job and never tell you why.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
Mikey wrote:So... this guy fended off a dying animal - which he outweighed 2 to 1 - using a chainsaw, and helped bring about its death by shooting... and he's proud of this? Asshole.
I'd be proud of it. How many people have taken down a mountain lion with out a fire arm? (originally)
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
