How to Survive a Cougar Attack

Keep yourself or someone else from being an item on a cougar's menu. Survive a cougar attack by teaching it a valuable lesson about humans: that we fight back at heavy cost to them.

Instructions

1. Do some advanced planning if you want to survive a cougar attack. Search the Internet and library for cougar related articles. Study eyewitness testimony on how they survived a cougar or mountain lion attack. Watch cougar related documentaries to gauge how they track and take their prey down.

2. Get weapon qualified and obtain permission to carry a concealed weapon. Also get your hunting license. Improve your chances against a cougar attack by using weapons. Daggers and knives can help you survive a cougar attack. Get proficient at using these daggers and knives, including drawing them when you're under attack.

3. Travel in groups of at least four and keep the groups close together. Have one person looking forward, the second person looking to one side, a third person looking to the other side and the last person constantly scanning the back. Stay close together so that you can hear what goes on with the others. Have your weapons ready to use in case you spot a cougar ready to attack.

4. Bike side by side if you're biking on a trail. A cougar can jump one of you, knocking the victim onto the other person. The cougar can only concentrate on one person, allowing the other biker to turn around and help the first person fight the cougar. Going single file to clear opposing traffic doesn't reduce your chances to survive a cougar attack, as the oncoming person sees your group.

5. Fight back during a cougar attack. Use a sharp object if you can. Help an attack victim survive if you see someone coming under cougar attack. Poke its eyes with a pen, knife or dagger.

Tips & Warnings

• Know what kind of wild carnivorous animals live around you. Always assume that you may come across one of these animals in your future and prepare accordingly.