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Carry a sidearm in the national parks out here in the Rockies can definitely mean the difference between life and death. Mountain lions have become a lot bolder around people. Off the top of my head and can think of at least 3 instances here in CO where a child was attacked and killed within eyesight (less than 50m) from the parents. The cats don't just happen along and see something easy to kill. They stalk their quarry and wait for the best chance to strike. People who come to visit Rocky Mtn Ntl Park or Mesa Verde have no idea about the very real threat from wildlife. Granted, this isn't Alaska but folks must remember that when you go out into the high country in CO, you are entering the food chain.
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"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live." -Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
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