First look at a big cat 

   I do not know if this is of any interest to you, but a friend and I were heading back from an excellent day of fishing. It was about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006. We had just gone about 3 kilometers south of Elk Creek Campground when we spotted what we thought was a coyote walking down the side of the road towards us. As we got closer we realized that it was a mountain lion. My heart was overjoyed. We stopped right beside it, backed up and put our headlights on it. It stayed just into the ditch and was crouched down. It was absolutely amazing. We were between six and eight meters from the cat. WHAT A SIGHT! 

   Cougars are such a majestic animal. I have been fishing that area for over 20 years and I have never seen one before in the wild. We just sat there watching it and it sat there watching us. We finally decided to leave before we spooked it. As we started to move away, it seemed to take two or three bounds and it was gone.    

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