Video: Mountain Lion Spotted Sauntering Around Backyard In Petaluma

A mountain lion was spotted roaming around a Petaluma man's backyard. Wilson Walker got the homeowner's reaction.

[@projectkod]

Wow that cat is beautiful!

[@projectkod]

@@certifiedease6732 I'm just stating the fact.

[@Dennycrane757]

What an utterly magnificent creature! I’d give anything to see one up close ❤.

[@MalamIbnMalam]

Seriously?

[@stonecoldbro1727]

I’m sure he feels the same about you! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@debrahbailey2403]

Be careful what you wish for !

[@bubba9985]

we had a puma drinking out of our dogs water bowl in Boulder Creek every nite during the last drought

[@skipanther]

Did you pet the kitty?

[@sissypoettler5945]

Thank you for that!

[@sissypoettler5945]

Speaking of pumas, you know about Messi the puma, go to KZbin and search for "I_am_puma". He was going to go to a petting zoo but got adopted. He lives in Russia along with a cheetah!

[@derekwilliams6188]

@@sissypoettler5945 I Know Messi. But he's a dwarf sized puma. The 1 in the video looks like a damn lioness.

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@DM-uv7xt]

That's a big kitty cat

[@SophieBird07]

They are after all “cats”. They keep a low profile. If they want to remain unseen they can do it. This one has probably been driven out of his regular environment. What a privilege to see that though.

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@sissypoettler5945]

What do you expect to find in your neighborhood! The cats have lost all their space, where are they supposed to go?

[@Javier-b8b]

Have you ever taken a road trip? There is loads and loads of space.

[@AliasSchmalias]

@user sadly you have no clue what's going on and what humanity is doing to nature.

[@sissypoettler5945]

@@Javier-b8b okay, explain to me why cougars are roadkill?

[@busarob1969]

Let the cougars be free! There eating our cats, there eating da dogs, there eating our pets……… let them eat. They after all where there before you was lmao

[@petera5560]

Your house looks comfy and I like that old VW van, seems like a flashback in time.

[@ivyc7336]

Oh my! Keep your pets & kids inside for sure! So scary! 😯

[@teeanahera8949]

My first impression after seeing all those roof tops from the aerial view is that so few Americans have solar panels on their roofs. Australians provide 14% of the country’s entire electricity needs from roof top solar.

[@GruneD]

You’re right and this is Nor Cal which is considered very “green”

[@Katie-mw7pd]

No one can afford them here

[@GruneD]

@@Katie-mw7pd what area of Petaluma was that in 😅

[@bartonpercival2147]

I’ve always said this, you can pet a cat or dog, but you can’t Petaluma

[@mulcher4permaculture720]

More like Petapuma.

[@bartonpercival2147]

@@mulcher4permaculture720 No, the City is named Petaluma

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@bartonpercival2147 the animal is a Puma. It's a pun

[@Pharoah510]

👎👎👎

[@7he.Polexican]

Puma, not luma. Stupid pun

[@a.l9313]

He's looking for food and water.

[@renna912]

Beautiful and scary..

[@sclogse1]

People have llamas and horses up there.

[@stevenroth5424]

Food, if he is hungry.

[@deerhunter5305]

Nice to know it will have plenty to eat

[@elizabethclark7875]

Prayers for protection for the Cougar. Leave it alone.

[@stevenroth5424]

Beutyfull creature

[@benzamg32m68]

A big boy

[@nemasis3134]

He don't skip no meals

[@CidYoung-REALTOR]

Wildfires may have pushed lots of cougars out of their previous habitats. It's happening on the Peninsula this year, since the 2020 Lightning Complex fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@propblast82nd]

It’s all fun and games until he grabs a toddler.

[@uzbekistansiberia8546]

yes, dont let your child out unsupervised. be careful. go inside the house. stay inside the house.

[@TheAnonymous916]

Fun and games? I don't believe anyone spotting a mountain lion in their yard think it's fun and games. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@blackbelt524]

Why would anyone leave a toddler unsupervised and I don't believe mountain lions are looking for toddlers they're probably looking for animals that we hunt and take out of their environment

[@SD-ph6cr]

@@blackbelt524 oh it happens The case of a 5year old Dulce Maria left unsupervised at a public park and till this date she hasn’t been missing. So yea unfortunately it does happen.

[@SD-ph6cr]

@@blackbelt524 oh and year a ago a family and he’s toddler went hiking and a mountain lion attack the toddler.

[@thawkins9999]

Omg he is so handsome! 😻I would not have the guts to walk up to him ask him out thats for sure! 🙀.....

[@ryanurquhart8436]

When these wild animals come to suburbs, it’s a last resort for them , they want to be as far from humans as possibles, desperation can be very dangerous.

[@robertfan332]

Ye man, this thing even being in this neighborhood spells it out. Do local animal shelters use tranquilizer darts to be able to get this thing out of there?

[@ConsciousnessisRough]

There was a wolverine seen in my neighborhood in northern Utah numerous times last week. The last time there was a wolverine was seen here was the late 70's. You are correct these animals are desperate and they are looking for water.

[@beverleytinker2318]

This is what happens when the wild ones homes are destroyed by humans. They have to find new food and water sources if they are to survive. What a shame because I know how this kind of incident will end😢

[@NeverSuspects]

Look at the area on google earth.. there is a quite a large area that goes from this neighbor hood to the coastline and it's mostly rural up and down the coast here. It isn't a last resort, likely lockdowns and a dramatic drop in human presense outside in this area has made it so the cat had no enocuter to divert it away from the edge of town. Also like is said in the video it may have been pushed out by it's own mother and it could just be a sign that the population is healthy for these cats. I've lived here decades and you hear about sightings of these cats nearly every year around the edge of that side of town.

[@cali2468]

It's typical for a young male to roam hundreds of square miles looking to establish territory. This is why most of the lions encountered in residential neighborhoods are young males. This lion is definitely eating.

[@Coasterdude02149]

I live in Florida and have friends in Naples who have cougars in their yard. All I have is rattlesnakes and water moccasins. I'd take a cougar any day over the snakes. Beautiful cat!

[@Asdfkalsdf]

“Intensely beautiful?” Stop it! That is scary!

[@pattycake1648]

You stop it. 27 puma caused deaths in over 100 years (including kids btw). Fact check it. That kind of paranoia is why deer and boar are so rampant and how crop yields get lowered. They’re in rural areas, seen two of them and no story, no problems.

[@Asdfkalsdf]

When a Puma goes into your backyard, thats scary. Especially when you have toddlers that play in the backyard. 27 deaths is a trivial number for some but not for me.

[@pattycake1648]

@@Asdfkalsdf Horses kill 100 people a year globally and dogs 40 a year in the US alone. 0.27 a year from them.

[@Asdfkalsdf]

Thanks for the stats but if people keep pumas as pets, I am sure the stats would be astronomical.

[@pattycake1648]

@@Asdfkalsdf .....Moose 7.5, boar (what they get rid of) 6. Those aren't pets.

[@brandomcastor2951]

Of course it’s not easy to find new territory it’s California everywhere has been takes up

[@conndapierce5869]

And their range is up to 300 miles

[@erikanders3343]

oh a young one. He is likely pushed out and looking for territory

[@graduatestudent9371]

Yup! They mentioned it too

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@erikanders3343]

@@tasteofindia1321 oh they are in the hills, I have a picture of an early morning visit to the apple mothership and one slipping by in the plantings.

[@akimmalik1329]

😯I have always wanted to see one up close.The Zoo I could but in my backyard would be Pretty scary. Least he will have that video forever 👍

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@markmnorcal]

Cats and dogs yummy

[@yetanothertroll]

The Cat Distribution System is upgrading

[@slomo4672]

Another channel says this is a front yard.

[@robertfan332]

Damn I dont know what I was thinking but I thought mountain lions were way smaller than African lions this thing is huge. Like someone else said, seeing them on the humans territory is a bad sign. This lion must be starving and any who encounters it is in big trouble. The story of the 2 mountain bikers in Washington not long ago who were pursued by one and got off their bikes to confront it ended very badly.

[@twostop6895]

It ended badly cause one of the dudes ran and triggered a chase, never turn your back to a Lion never

[@robertfan332]

@@twostop6895 it was surreal though, or maybe exactly what one should expect, because the lion was already attacking the first guy. He had his head in his mouth and then when he saw the other guy running he went after him and dragged him to a cave and killed him. I wonder if in that case adrenaline keeps you busy trying to stay alive or if you really feel the terror of being taken away by this wild animal and suffering a vicious mauling that ends your life.

[@twostop6895]

@@robertfan332 the two guys could have won if the guy that ran slammed his bike on top of the Lion repeatedly, if I was in that situation I would never run use the bike as a weapon, I would have bludgeoned the Lion with my bike or a rock until he took off

[@robertfan332]

@@twostop6895 since running is not an option then is getting off the bike and facing the lion the ONLY option? I hoped since it's a bike they could just keep riding g away as they were. In that case unfortunately Id have tried to strangle the cat, the way another man did recently and it worked. Maybe strangle while friend bludgeon with bike until the cat runs away.

[@twostop6895]

@@robertfan332 lions can run faster than professional bikers can bike

[@markrigg6623]

I have that problem of being stalked by cougars at home.

[@caveman3251]

So it has nowhere to go TF??

[@authenticapparel1906]

Even the news guys in he Bay Area dress like a techie

[@edherrera1989]

😂😂😂😂

[@johnmorganjr769]

They eat pets, like the Coyotes. It looks like a habituated cat. At ease.

[@johnmarks227]

Well that one is no house cat.

[@busarob1969]

There eating the cats, there eating da Dogs, there eating our pets, those cougars!

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@CEOkiller]

Just a cougar prowling the neighborhood.

[@tasteofindia1321]

Never seen it in Cupertino

[@FLORIDIANMILLIONAIRE]

He might come back again

[@solohoh]

Driven out of the hills like Ishi, the last wild Indian, because of habitat destruction.

[@Frank-my9ln]

Scary for kids and pets and even adults!

[@anaryl]

Petaluma, more like Pumaleta! Ha!

[@luckycharm1]

A dog in the yard would have been a nice snack.

[@thuggoe]

why call 911 lol it wasn't doing anything

[@conndapierce5869]

To warn the neighborhood and be alerted in case it attacks

[@deerhunter5305]

Right. Crazyfornians voted to have lions in town. What's the problem?

[@latriciahardy4286]

I will have to move.

[@CidYoung-REALTOR]

That Cat was looking for a domestic pet for dinner!

[@shiitake1521]

This is our fault. We keep growing.

[@alexlopez5800]

Same

[@abdirhmangurhan353]

Good1good

[@skipanther]

I either want to pet it or stab it if the big cat attacks me!

[@kennyhumble3699]

Ha yes!

[@RR-wd8uf]

🐈💥🔫

[@deerhunter5305]

Yep. Too many lions. Get ready for lots more

[@ronhansen4786]

There's no dog alive that could fight a mountain lion and survive,the main reason is canines have but one weapon is their bite whereas mountain lions have much more strength than dogs and use their clawed front and back legs to hold and rip the prey to shreds. Much to my chagrin as a old lion hunter I found this out the hard way loosing several dogs.

[@maverick214]

No dog alive could fight a mountain lion? Total BS. The Kangal shepherd dog would easily be a match for a mountain lion. It protects livestock in Asia and Africa from wolves, cheetahs and leopards.

[@ronhansen4786]

@@maverick214 I've hunted mountain lions for 60+years and have lost many good dogs with nothing more than a swipe of the cats razor sharp claws. A Kangal has a good bite but usually weighs in at 120 lbs,mountain lions go up to 225 lbs and pound for pound cats are much stronger than dogs even more so when they're wild. Dogs have only one weapon their bite but the forth largest cat in the world are mountain lions who make their living by killing large animals have become very proficient at it. Plus a mountain lions incredible strength able to jump 16-18 feet straight up in the air has four razor sharp claws that can tear through the hide of deer,elk or moose. Also they have the power in their arms legs and paws to control animals before giving them a lethal bite to the neck. The only big cat in North America that would best a mountain lion is a Jaguar and that would be some cat fight!

[@wholeeyschmoley580]

45-7O kg range...APEX predatorz tho

[@robertfan332]

Ye but they can run 40-50 kilowatts per hour😁