The clip was filmed by a guy called Kyle Burgess who was running in Slate Canyon, Utah, when he was followed by the female mountain lion.
The man sees some baby wild cats and starts filming them in the viral video. Then, the mother appears and starts follow him.
The wild cat walks a few metres behind Burgess for a while as he fearfully shouts “No” and “Go away” with lots of expletives.
It continues stalking him quietly for two and a half minutes before growling and launching itself at the runner multiple times.
He tries growling in response to shoo the cat away but it doesn’t work, and the animal continues tracking him for six whole minutes.
Eventually, the guy throws a rock and the feline runs away down the stony path. He then says in relief: “Yeah, so that just happened.”
Speaking to reporters after the video went viral, the man explained that he didn’t run away for a very good reason.
“I felt like if I did anything sooner, she would have felt like I was attacking her baby cubs and It would have ended a lot differently,” he said.
The mountain lion was trying to protect her cubs after the runner walked up to the baby cats on the hiking trail.
He thought they were bobcats at first, but they were actually cougar cubs and their mother was not happy to see him.
Burgess added that he tried to look as big as he could to project strength, adding: “I’m not the biggest person… so this cougar could take me down in a heartbeat.”
However, in the video description, Burgess claimed the cougar “had no intent on hurting me” and was just “caught off guard”.
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:
The hiker stopped to look at a mountain lion kit.
First wrong move … because Mom is never far away.
This mother mountain DID NOT chase the hiker – she was WARNING him away from the area. If she wanted him dead, we’d be watching found footage.
All she wanted was for him to leave NOW! As soon as she thought he was far enough away, she went back to her family.
I think for the situation, hiker and mountain lion both acted with restraint.
YOUR ROAD WAS COVERED WITH MANY DEFENSIVE CONVINCERS,BESIDES YOUR VOICE AT GODZILLAS ULTRA LOUD ANGER. nEVER JUST TALK,JUIST SHOW WHO IS THE STRONGER.