Re: [APML] NGFC4088

Loke,

I've seen large cat tracks where I observe on Mt Laguna (Morris Ranch area) over the past few years, in the soft earth when the snow melts. Last year I saw the reflection of my red flashlight in the eyes of a cat about 50 ft away. We kept looking at each other for about 3 minutes until he went away. I'm guessing it was a bobcat, at least it was smaller than a mountain lion. I heard his screams before and after seeing him as he moved along the ridge.

I play music and talk with fellow observers through the night to let anything out there know that people are there.

Don

Tony,

I walk around Mt Laguna at night to my scope and have been told that there are lions here as well. I have seen what appears to be their tracks in the day time. A few years ago a jogger in the more residential area 30 miles north was eaten by one of these beasts. Maybe the way to deal with them is to make some noise so you don't surprise them.

Loke

-----Original Message-----
From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Tony Hallas
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 4:15 PM
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
Subject: Re: [APML] NGFC4088

And having company is great... there have been confirmed mountain lion sightings behind my house lately... I feel like a giant steak walking from the house to the observatory... major flashlight and gun environment...

Tony

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