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Related: About this forumColorado Man Wakes Up to a Mountain Lion Eating an Elk on Front Porch
https://imfromdenver.com/colorado-man-wakes-up-to-a-mountain-lion-eating-an-elk-on-front-porch/Colorado Man Wakes Up to a Mountain Lion Eating an Elk on Front Porch
BY PRODUCER WIGNZ
January 9, 2022 in Outdoors, Trending
Charles Zelenka has lived in his Glenwood Springs home for almost 20 years, and for the first time in his 17 years living there Charles woke up at 2 a.m. to a loud banging outside his house. He assumed it was the bears trying to break into his bear-proof dumpster, which is common.
But after looking out his window he was shocked to see, an elk on my front porch! I could see it kicking its front legs. I was like, What the hell happened? I couldnt figure it out.
I was just about ready to turn and go out the door, and a mountain lion popped up from underneath this thing, Zelenka continued. So I grabbed my phoneIm in my skivvies, Ive just gotten out of bedand start recording.
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BY PRODUCER WIGNZ
January 9, 2022 in Outdoors, Trending
Charles Zelenka has lived in his Glenwood Springs home for almost 20 years, and for the first time in his 17 years living there Charles woke up at 2 a.m. to a loud banging outside his house. He assumed it was the bears trying to break into his bear-proof dumpster, which is common.
But after looking out his window he was shocked to see, an elk on my front porch! I could see it kicking its front legs. I was like, What the hell happened? I couldnt figure it out.
I was just about ready to turn and go out the door, and a mountain lion popped up from underneath this thing, Zelenka continued. So I grabbed my phoneIm in my skivvies, Ive just gotten out of bedand start recording.
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Colorado Man Wakes Up to a Mountain Lion Eating an Elk on Front Porch (Original Post)
sl8
Jan 2022
OP
And like a cat, he walks off & leaves his mess for the human servants to clean up.
tblue37
Jan 2022
#2
Not while it's there. I see a huge problem in that once a prey animal finds a spot
LakeArenal
Jan 2022
#7
SYFROYH
(34,204 posts)1. After gourging on the elk's organs that cat looks stoned its so full.
tblue37
(66,041 posts)2. And like a cat, he walks off & leaves his mess for the human servants to clean up.
Botany
(72,660 posts)3. Whatever the lion wants let him or her have it.
Ocelot II
(121,473 posts)4. A cat eating a mouse on my porch was unsettling enough...
LakeArenal
(29,853 posts)5. I would drag the elk out to the yard and leave it
EYESORE 9001
(27,615 posts)6. Make good choices
Getting into a game of tug-of-war with a mountain lion just doesnt seem prudent.
LakeArenal
(29,853 posts)7. Not while it's there. I see a huge problem in that once a prey animal finds a spot
They will return to check the spot.
Whether they find good or not.