Colo. House Cat Gets Close Look At Mountain Lion

BOULDER, Colo. -- Gail Loveman's 11-year-old cat named Zeus usually stands tall and hisses when he sees a squirrel outside his owner's home. He wasn't as much of a tough guy when the animal on the other side of the glass was a mountain lion.

Loveman says she was in her home office last Thursday when she heard a noise and turned to see the mountain lion on the porch.

Zeus entered the room and walked to the sliding glass door for a closer look while Loveman snapped photos.

Loveman went upstairs and spotted a second mountain lion. She says both jumped a fence and left.

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WATCH [via The Denver Post]: Loveman talks about the surprising encounter.

Comments

[Cody29]

06:36 AM on 10/21/2011

Love the pictures she was able to get,and happy there was no killing of mountain lions that day.

[dontgiveupamerica]

02:18 AM on 10/21/2011

Wow, beautiful house, location, and wildlife to boot! I dig it.

[gobsmacked58]

01:39 AM on 10/21/2011

Don't mess with a 200 pound cat !

[Paul Stacey]

04:06 PM on 10/20/2011

Reminds me of a lovely story I heard on the bus a few years ago; this lady's daughter had phoned her from Ft Smith to tell her she hadn't gone to work that day 'cos there were 2 mountain lions on her porch when she went to leave. They'd been driven into town by forest fires. Apparently they stayed on that porch for quite a while before wandering off. No injuries, no damage to property, no threats to anyone.

[stanleycorp1]

02:29 PM on 10/20/2011

Hey animals are just like us, its like he took a little trip to the zoo - appreciated some art, and went on to the next ...

[iheartrottiez]

02:25 PM on 10/20/2011

WOW just beautiful!! thank you for sharing this with all of us!!

[JulieFLgirl]

01:21 PM on 10/20/2011

Such a beautiful creature!

[tccat4]

01:19 AM on 10/20/2011

Sometimes size has no issue to the sign of a lion at heart.... :)

[blueheronwv]

01:03 AM on 10/20/2011

When you live in the midst of the homes of wildlife this is what you should expect. That woman certainly didn't seem afraid - I suspect she respects all things wild - some of you posters must be citiots with the remarks you've been making here.

[erinbliss]

12:56 AM on 10/20/2011

All pets should be kept inside (cats) and dogs should be kept close by at all times. People shouldn't let their dogs ride in their laps either. Imagine what would happen if you have a front end collision and the air bag goes off. The dog would be killed and the driver killed or hurt. Yet I see people driving like that all the time. Crazy!!

[Azure Eyes]

12:33 AM on 10/20/2011

What fabulous photos of this event. In Colorado (where I also live) , this is a familar event where mountain lions or bears roam around houses. What scares me looking at those photos, is that those animals mountain lions and bears especially can crash through windows, especially a thin sliding glass door like that one. Here, you always have to be on alert.

[WoodsideCraig]

11:20 PM on 10/20/2011

Sliding glass doors are made of tempered glass and are very hard to break. A mountain lion is not strong enough unless it learns how to use a hammer.

A bear might be able to break tempered glass, they have no problem with car windows but probably wouldn't hit it that hard. For them, it's much easier to break in through a regular door.

[kympathy]

12:05 AM on 10/20/2011

Small mountain lion! But a funny shot!

[erinbliss]

12:56 AM on 10/20/2011

That's because it was still a baby. Mountain lions don't usually run in packs like coyotes or wolves.

[gregmilton]

12:03 AM on 10/20/2011

Very interesting Mrs. Loveman but, and I think I speak for the masses, we would much rather hear Zeus' comments on the encounter. If you could arrange that and record it that would be great.

[CJRobb]

02:43 AM on 10/20/2011

Winky agrees!

[Lahonda]

03:21 AM on 10/20/2011

"Meeeeowntain lion!?!"

~ Zeus

[gregmilton]

03:30 AM on 10/20/2011

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Good kitty!!! Whoop some tail,, Zeus!!!

[jgecko1122]

11:46 PM on 10/19/2011

Haha! She said "lion mountain".

[bluegnu63]

12:37 AM on 10/20/2011

Grow up.

[Hillary Wentz]

08:41 AM on 10/20/2011

I caught that too.

[Larry Richards]

11:34 PM on 10/19/2011

Lucy's intro is a reiteration of the news article that follows... who needs Lucy? I guess when the tidbit article is too short compared to the commercial we are forced to see, you need a Lucy to pad things out ... but it only frustrates your audience.