Originally Posted by
SewingSew
madamekelly, Just the idea of seeing a cougar on my property totally freaks me out. Thank goodness your dogs were not outside. You must live in the wilderness if you had an elk at your front door. Are those animals dangerous? I know if a moose charges you, you're in trouble.
The elk incident was in a small mountain town, Northport, WA and the cougar was where I live now in the foothills of the cascade mountain range. Elk usually avoid people, I have no idea what brought it to my door, but we had a herd of mule deer that walked right past my little house on thier way to the river at dusk. We just stayed in the house or gone when they were due.