Mountain Lion

Have you ever heard of mountain lion ?
I had never heard of it before I came here.

My colleague warned me to be careful for mountain lions during trekking in mountains when I was searching good parks for walking around south bay area. He said to me about mountain lions that they are cowardice and scare of human but if I come across them suddenly then they attack me and try to kill me in order to get rid of own scare emotion, like bears. When I heard of that at first time, I thought that the story was exaggerated and lions were not so really dangerous. However I come to know that they are big and  really dangerous ,and we should avoid to see them even by accident as I know them throughout information available in internet. It's because they really look a female lion and are called "Puma" in other word. A lot of people have heard of name of puma, because it is commonly used other than mountain lion which is frequently used in the united states. If you look at the linked page below, you can easily figure out the reason why they are called mountain lion. They are almost like a female lion. 

pictures of mountain lions

Recently, a lot of mountain lions were frequently seen at residential area in bay area. It means that possibility of encounter with them really increases. In fact, several persons were attacked by them and as far as I know, one old man was deadly injured. Moreover a mountain lion was seen twice at Rancho san antonio park where I often go and walk. So I am preparing to protect my throat in the case when I encounter them by accident because they usually aim at throat to kill animals.  

Today morning, I was talking to my other colleague who recently moved to new house close to the castle rock park in Saratoga. According to him, his house is located almost at top of mountain around 1500 feet above the pacific ocean. In fact I know how deep inside mountain his house is because I often go and enjoy trekking at the park near his house and I have seen a coyote there before actually. And I asked him if he has seen a mountain lion, but he said to me that he has not but his friend living near his house has seen a mountain lion in a back yard. Additionally he showed me some pictures which a motion sensor camera took at that time. It was surprising picture that a mountain lion was eating a deer which was caught and killed a short time ago. The mountain lion in the picture almost looks a female lion in the middle of Africa and It is very scare for me. Before I saw this picture, I wanted to see a mountain lion, but I really have to change my mind and try to make noise during trekking so that a mountain lion notice me at first and escape from me. He suggested me that if I come across mountain lions, then hands up to make me appear larger and make noise loudly by speaking and fight back if attacked and never escape from them.

According to information in internet, in the united states mountain lions live at western part of country, so be careful when you visit mountains.