For many who dwell on the border of human society and untamed wilderness, nature tends to occur proper on the doorstep and in dwelling shade. A latest video posted to X from Livermore, Colorado resident Shari Fortson exhibits a mountain lion dragging its prey proper via her yard.
Fortson lives in Glacier View Meadows close to the Arapaho/Roosevelt Nationwide Forest alongside the Entrance Vary of the Colorado Rockies. A lot of Colorado is residence to mountain lions, together with the Entrance Vary, based on Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).
Within the video, a mountain lion drags its prey (a deer) considerably awkwardly between its legs throughout an open area. At one level it stops, appears again on the human filming and stares for a very good 15 seconds. Then, it picks up its meal and continues on into the comb.
Watch it right here:
The CPW NE Area retweeted Fortson’s video and shares further context. The group says the mountain lion is bringing its catch to a “meals cache”—a hideout it’ll return to over the subsequent a number of days to proceed feasting on its prey.
CPW NE Area additional calls the video “a uncommon look” and suggests it’s not a standard sight to see.
Are you able to think about seeing this in your yard?
