Mountain Lions: Real Threat to Bay Area Hikers?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A Bay Curious listener who hikes a lot wonders: Should he be scared of mountain lions? We find out for him. Reported by Vinnee Tong. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Penny Nelson, Suzie Racho and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Let me set the scene.
0:07.0	A man is out for a run on a mountain trail.
0:10.0	He stops to rest and taking the view when suddenly
0:17.0	a mountain line springs from its hiding spot and attacks.
0:28.4	The scene is from a 2005 episode of HBO's six feet under, pure fiction, but it depicts a very real fear that a lot of people have.
0:37.3	If you hike around the Bay Area, you've seen the signs at many trailheads.
0:41.6	If you encounter a mountain line, face line, back away slowly,
0:48.0	be large, shout, keep children close,
0:54.0	without bending.
0:56.0	If attacked, fight back.
1:00.0	Not very comforting. This episode is all about Puma Conkalore, an animal that goes by lots of different names,
1:08.8	like Cougar, Panther, Ghost Cat, and Mountain Lion.
1:15.0	I'm Olivia Allen Price and this is Bay Curious,
1:18.0	a podcast exploring the Bay Area one question at a time. Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company,
1:30.0	still family owned, operated, and argued over.
1:34.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold
1:37.0	and taste how trailblazing runs in the family.
1:40.0	Visit Sierra Nevada.com
1:42.0	to find your new favorite beer today.
1:45.0	Let's meet this week's question-esqueer.
1:47.0	My name is Dave Fairburn and I live in Berkeley.
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