For all you cat lovers out there
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
Eugene, Oregon
July 25, 2018 4:33pm CST
In our woo-woo state of Oregon, perhaps the woo-woo capital is the southern Oregon city of Ashland. There, a woman found a cougar asleep in her living room. The cat woke up, so she used "feline-speak eye blinking" and telepathy to guide him out the door and back into the hills.
The big cat had walked in through an open door.
There have been many sightings in Oregon lately. A lion was killed by police in a residential area of our adjacent town of Springfield just yesterday.
I think that Ashland woman should be teaching feline telepathy to all of us.
See link for more on the big cats.
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/07/oregon_woman_finds_cougar_in_l.html
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
26 Jul 18
@JamesHxstatic 
First, give him food, possibly place the bowl outside the house... then talk to the big kitty.
First, give him food, possibly place the bowl outside the house... then talk to the big kitty.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
30 Jul 18
@xFiacre @LadyDuck @JamesHxstatic @DWDavis @Corbin5 @jstory07 @Marilynda1225 @DianneN I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the second meaning of the word 'cougar' yet. (from a dictionary) "a woman, who is considered to be eager for young males, the pendant to young guys who go for mature women." I don't remember in which context I learnt this.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
That would be very brave since he might be hungry.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Well, per the Urban Dictionary, it is: dubiously or outlandishly mystical, supernatural, or unscientific
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
26 Jul 18
@JamesHxstatic Thank you. Is this term widely known and used?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
30 Jul 18
You took the words out of my mouth,I don't get the woo-woo either.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jul 18
What a thing to wake up to. Cool cats though.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jul 18
@JamesHxstatic .....And then kill them. Makes me mad.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Yes, and we encroach on their territories more all the time.
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@xFiacre (12595)
• Ireland
26 Jul 18
@jameshxstatic I read this on behalf of my wife who is a cat lover. I was brought up in what was little more than a clearing in the bush in central Africa. A nurse who lived not far away came out of her house early one morning and saw on her step a leopard skin all neatly folded up - a present from an appreciative patient who had no cash to pay with she thought. That had happened before. She bent down to pick it up and discovered that the folded skin still had a leopard in it. It bit her hand then ran into the bush.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Ohh my, she was lucky not to be killed from what I have heard of leopards.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Aug 18
Both really. I was stunned to find out that our Oregon Fish and Wildlife Division estimates that there are 6000 mountain lions in Oregon, about the same in California, while Washington to the north, has around 2000.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Aug 18
@JudyEv Partially. There is a management plan, but every spring there are more born and young ones must seek new territory.
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@JudyEv (325720)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Aug 18
@JamesHxstatic That sounds a lot. Are they protected?
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Jul 18
Oh yes, it would be hard to keep from running though, which is the worst thing you do.
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
31 Jul 18
@JamesHxstatic Yes, they can sense fear!!!
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
26 Jul 18
I do not sleep with doors open. Not for naps, not at night. That in itself is woowoo. I would have gone to another room and locked the door though until the beastie was gone.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Maybe she lives in a rural area and has no a/c. I would not leave doors open either.
@marguicha (215389)
• Chile
25 Jul 18
I would try to keep my door closed, just in case the eye blinking was not enough.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Yes, the cat may be back to communicate.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
30 Jul 18
It is inconceivable ! The woman actually guided cougar out the door without missing a beat and the cougar obeyed her commands .
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@Marilynda1225 (79706)
• United States
27 Jul 18
I probably would have had a heart attack if I found a cougar in my living room.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Jul 18
Understandably. I can't imagine how she was so calm.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
26 Jul 18
that is scary, I would've just ran out screaming! lol
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Understandably! I would be leaving the room quickly too.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jul 18
No was saying Here Kitty Kitty to that cat! It is sad the lion had to be shot. Had it killed someone? Couldn't they have tranked it and remove it far into the wild?
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Jul 18
Some kids had spotted it while outside playing. It had done nothing that I know of. I have no idea why they had to kill the poor thing.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
14 Aug 18
it is lucky the lion did as he should and not attacked
@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
6 Aug 18
@JamesHxstatic
Wow, she is the cat whisperper. She should teach people how to do it if she can unless it is something not everyone can do.
