Killer Mule, Unbelievable!

[Squealer]

This may be a first...
A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision...

The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and decided he wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose... for the lion.



As the lion approached the dogs the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, than whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride... as if nothing had just happened.

Fortunately even though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife got off these 4...

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[regishay]

yeah, this is a good one, but i believe the last time it was posted on here the census was that the cat was already dead and the mule instinctively kicked the crap out of the dead cat.

[Dutch Dog]

Yes, the cat was dead and it was being carried out by the mule...mule got skeered and went to whoopin a dead cat.

[tunica]

Yes, the mule was dead and it was being carried out by the mule...mule got skeered and went to whoopin a dead cat.

Not talking about your mule Dutch

[Squealer]

Dang! Just when I thought I had something interesting to contribute...

[hillhunter]

thats alright dkcjr keep postin em and we'll keep shoot'em down.....gives some of these guys something to do during the day

[teul2]

IMHO, that cat isn't dead in that first pic.

[bigbeeducker]

I dont think that a dead cat can hold its head upright like that. Im sidin with Teul.

[h2o_dog]

I posted these pics a year or so ago. At the time, Snopes had a page dedicated to these photos. I think their consensus was that the cat, was at the very least, partially alive when the mule first grabbed it (may have been wounded by a rifle shot). They also said that it was not beyond the realm of possibility for a mule to kill a healthy mountain lion.

[Super Black Eagle]

Bad @ss!!

[digger]

Yea a mule is one bad critter,I've heard my granddad and other older folk's say a mule will work a life time just for 1 chance to kick you.I also think the cat had been shot on a hunt not just a joy ride turned bad,dog's got tracking coller's on.

[Pluck'em Up]

that def. an ASS Whippin

[RobertM]

It's instinct for a horse or mule to go after predators. I was standing beside my horses one day when they took off in hot pursuit, after a coyote....unfortunately, the coyote had too much of a start and got out of the pasture unharmed.

[BSO]

Here is information on the story from snopes.com
According to Steve Richards, who wrote a couple of articles about them for Western Mule Magazine, these pictures date from 2002 or 2003 and show Berry, a now 11-year-old mule, owned by a 25-year-old hunter named Jody Anglin. The incident depicted took place in southwestern New Mexico, and came about as Berry the mule grew more aggressive over time in his pursuit of mountain lions with Jody:
When Jody first got the mule and after Jody shot the first lion out, Berry casually came over to the lion and just nuzzled the lion and casually nibbled it. With each lion Berry just got more aggressive. Jody said it didn't take more than two lions and Berry got really aggressive to the lion and couldn't wait to get the cat.
However, the text description accompanying these photographs is somewhat inaccurate, as Berry didn't actually kill the mountain lion — the mule picked it up and tossed it around only after it was already dead:
The lion was dead before the mule Berry took and shook the lion. A lion is a powerful and lethal predator and can easily kill a mule — however a mule can be quite an adversary.
Last updated: 25 September 2005

[SoftCall]

still - my bet's on that freakin' killer mule!