12-Year-Old Girl Shoots and Kills Mountain Lion Stalking Her

[Ringel05]

Apparently the cat was 5 yards away ready to pounce when she saw it.

“I already had a feeling that something was watching me or something, but I didn’t see the cat until it was close,” said Alyssa.
Without giving it a second thought, Alyssa knew exactly what she needed to do. “I just raised up my gun and shot it point blank long ways through the body because it was facing me when I shot.”
Game wardens did do a full investigation – and found out that her kill was done in self-defense, however she wasn’t able to keep the mountain lion. But, her trip definitely wasn’t a waste, just two days after the mountain lion incident Alyssa shot her first Bull Elk, enough meat for an entire year.

12-Year-Old Girl Shoots and Kills Mountain Lion Stalking Her - CBS 7 Multimedia

 

[bodecea]

Very cool.

 

[Mr. H.]

I bet the cat was stalking them both. Once the dad stepped away, it saw an opportunity.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

I bet the cat was stalking them both. Once the dad stepped away, it saw an opportunity.

hee hee.

 

[DriftingSand]

I love weapons and folks who use them properly (like the girl in the OP). Glad her parents are raising her right.