2019-08-02 20:21:21.925013+02 by Dan Lyke 4 comments
Don’t Tread On Me: Vancouver Island woman fends off cougar by blasting Metallica
Woman uses Metallica music to save herself from cougar attack
Metal will save your life. It'll also drive off cougars...
Courtesy of Tara: https://twitter.com/ResearchBuzz/status/1157305714655801355
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#Comment Re: Keeping cougars at bay made: 2019-08-06 13:57:00.893702+02 by: DaveP
Yeah. Best I could come up with was that my love for Spinal Tap had probably saved me from a cougar or two in my younger years, but maybe it was more my Nigel Tufnel-esque logic at the time, which has its own "protective powers."
#Comment Re: Keeping cougars at bay made: 2019-08-06 01:52:40.368355+02 by: Dan Lyke
I just can't riff on this in any way that doesn't turn crass really quickly...
#Comment Re: Keeping cougars at bay made: 2019-08-04 05:10:00.901564+02 by: meuon
Yeah.. The bar at the place I had dinner tonight was full of cougars. And if your wallet was fat enough, they'd pretend to like Metallica.
#Comment Re: Keeping cougars at bay made: 2019-08-03 01:36:54.042152+02 by: DaveP
Huh. Perhaps I was stereotyping, but my first thought when I saw the headline was not wildlife. Erm.