On Video: Bobcat Attacks Wife. Husband Reacts

[jaypap]

Yep cats always land on their feet when thrown upward he needed to slam it. But he did good considering the situation. His reaction was to throw it away from him and his wife a natural reaction.

 

[Coyote33]

Yep cats always land on their feet when thrown upward he needed to slam it. But he did good considering the situation. His reaction was to throw it away from him and his wife a natural reaction.

Followed by the unnatural, even anti-natural reaction of the jogger, who closed in on it. I'm guessing she was just clueless.

 

[jkelly1229]

Man, guy loves his wife, wonder how many other tough guys would have grabbed that thing and chucked it. Guys got some balls

It wasn't that big I'd probably have gone after it.... had it been a huge mountain line I'd have been glazing my wife in BBQ sauce for the cat

 

[M60]

There has to be some sort of natural reflexive instinct to do so. Animals also do it. Loud sounds must be an intimidation factor

A loud bang works.

 

[Dip Dungles]

Could have sworn I saw/heard Flanders throw up his arms and yell “what!!” at the bobcat after chucking the kitty. That’s a great way to prove your street cred to pesky animals.

 

[not new guy]

Could have sworn I saw/heard Flanders throw up his arms and yell “what!!” at the bobcat after chucking the kitty. That’s a great way to prove your street cred to pesky animals.

If he had busted out a fortnight dance right then he'd have been an instant internet legend.

 

[not new guy]

Let me get this straight......bobcat attacks "cougar"?......errrrr wife

You can't see her tail. That's how you know she's not a cougar.

 

[Dadstoys]

Dude jumped right in and took care of business .
That woman jogger though was dumber than a bag of hammers.
The video reminded me of this one.

 

[white feather]

Or this one...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEa6jZv-Khc

 

[AHM]

Where did that happen?

Springfield?

Well, that narrows it down.

... in colorado there were mountail lion warnings everywhere. ... - I placed a 5 lb rock in my water bottle holder lol.

BTW, I've read that canines have co-evolved with humans enough
to recognize that when a human bends down to pick up a rock,
it's "feets don't fail me now" time.

Not sure cats share that instinct.

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

Can we briefly re-certify the word "yeet" to describe what this man did to that bobcat?

 

[mikeyp]

Can we briefly re-certify the word "yeet" to describe what this man did to that bobcat?

Indeed

 

[white feather]

Can we briefly re-certify the word "yeet" to describe what this man did to that bobcat?

Nah, then he would lose all respect from the firearm community:

 

[strangenh]

I can’t stop laughing at how he just chucked the thing in the air.

100% what I would have done. Scruff, chuck.

You know... had I been so mistaken.

 

[Mark from MA]

Mad cat tossing skills. Probably should have spiked it on the pavement though.

This.

Gronk Spike into the blacktop........

No trees around to do the shotput spin slam it into....so that's kinda out of the question.

Choking the thing out would have been a second thought but likely he was getting scratched pretty bad already.

 

[strangenh]

On a lighter note, our bobcats are all mellow youths this year.

 

[AHM]

I placed a 5 lb rock in my water bottle holder lol.

P. S. The "bending down to pick up a rock" anecdote
is not a backhanded criticism of your field expedient weapon.

In 2005 I did something very similar in the Western Caribbean
when no immediate threat was at hand.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Was that the bobcate screaming at 14 seconds? Horrifying.

I want a pet bobcat.

No. That was the dumb jogger lady.

 

[Skidload]

Holy crap. I can't believe how casually he was holding it before that toss.

 

[MisterHappy]

Good video. I've had a bobcat run within 6-8' of me, in my yard; one ran across the street in my neighborhood, about 6' in front of my kid, who was out running.

I walk a stupid Pomeranin, and try to keep my eyes open. And, I'm not even in the boonies.

 

[Racenet]

The breakdown:

 

[not new guy]

Wow, it had rabies and he did end up shooting it.

 

[AHM]

Female jogger in red stepped casually into the line of fire, LOL. Was she PETA or something?

That's what I thought at first.

The jogger didn't assume that Ned Flanders
had brought a handgun to a bobcat fight.
No one would.
His gun was concealed, and he didn't mention it out on the lawn!

The jogger started chasing the bobcat to shoo it away;
maybe still thinking it was some kind of big misbehaving housecat
instead of a rabid bobcat.

But it turns out she hadn't run into the line of fire after all,
because Ned was still fumbling for his gun
and didn't even have it out yet.

On the other hand,
the jogger arguably chased the bobcat into the open garage -
definitely herded it in that direction.

He still wasn't communicating that he was gonna bust a cap -
he only said "I'ma shoot that fücker" long after
he'd drawn and run into the garage on bobcat's trail.


We don't even know if the injured wife slammed the door closed
when she fled through the garage back into the house.
Plenty of people are too lazy and undisciplined to do that normally,
let alone when it's important.
If the bobcat had gotten into the house,
it really would have gotten sketchy.

Spoiler: 20/20 Hindsight Dept.

He was yelling "watch out!" and "it's a bobcat!" and "<someone's name>".
Taken too literally, people didn't need to "watch" anything;
they didn't need to beware - to be aware.
They needed to leave the area
(because shooting was about to start).

I gravely doubt I'd be as clear or forthright as he was.
But "go!", "get out!", "leave!", "hide!" -
these would have served better "if only" he could have said them.
It would have kept people back,
and maybe the jogger wouldn't have chased the bobcat into the garage.

Operating Operators who've been under fire might have done better.
It's too much to expect from a J. Random Suburbanite like me (or him?).