now you may have seen these pictures in
the last couple of days and
they're pretty terrifying
no
this is what happened when a utah man
called kyle burgess bumped into a cougar
and her cubs while he was on a run
he started filming as the cat confronted
him and started
pursuing him the chase lasted six long
minutes it only ended when mr burgess
threw a rock at the cat
he took this footage moments later
oh damn it okay
yeah so that just happened and we can
speak to kyle burgess who's live with us
carl thanks very much for your time
it's an extraordinary uh video tell me
about the moment you realize this cougar
was paying you
close attention well honestly once
once i came up on the little baby
cougars
i didn't know they were baby cougars i
thought they're just some other wildlife
out there because i've seen bobcats
before on the trail
and so once that mama cougar came around
the corner that's when i realized it was
it was a different situation
it looks scary very scary very scary
i've never never encountered a baby
cougar before
or even a mama cougar and so it's a very
new experience for myself and everything
i did
kind of backing up and making myself
look big and
as well as yelling obviously a lot of
explicit words but
it was just kind of a mix of fear and
excitement at the same time
and i've got to ask you what everyone's
thinking why were you filming this in
the middle of
such a terrifying experience
well i was already filming i was already
kind of filming for those
uh little the baby cubs that i first
originally thought were
bobcats but once i saw mama come out it
was
i just kept going i didn't stop i was
like well if something does
happen to me i guess i better have it on
film right
and this goes on for five six minutes
and still it's not resolved that's when
you reach for a rock
correct it went on for a very long time
but and i think the reason it did go on
for a long time was because the mama
cougar didn't want anything to do with
me next to her cubs
she was doing what she was supposed to
do she was supposed she was just
protecting her
her cubs and so i just went back and
back and back
before i decided to grab a rock around
like that five
five and a half minute mark so you throw
the rock
did that give you enough breathing space
to then make your way
away from the cats no yes
uh once i throw the rock it started with
her enough and
she left and i kind of bent down that's
when you see at the end of the video
like
whoa so that just happened
because i was i was just so
surprised i didn't really know what to
think like because i've never seen a
bobcat before
well you evidently uh navigated that
unusual situation very well because
we're speaking to you now which is great
news and i'm glad
you filmed it so we got to see it and
i'm glad you're okay as well thank you
very much indeed for your time carl we
appreciate it that's carl live with us
thanks for having me from utah and if
you've seen that clip and millions of
you will have done
well that's the man who filmed it and
fortunately survived the situation as
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