Watch now: Backpackerβs intense standoff with mountain lion near Tucson
- Video courtesy of Tiffany Foster
Jesse Tellez
Digital Editor
- Updated
WARNING: This video contains strong language. While at a Saguaro National Park campground, hiker Tiffany Foster warded off a cougar in a tree near her tent.
Foster, who filmed and posted the encounter on YouTube, was able to contact her husband via a two-way satellite messenger and escape the Grass Shack camping site north of Vail once the mountain lion retreated.Β
The National Park Service alerted hikers the following day to avoid Grass Shack Campground, located in the Rincon Mountains along the Arizona National Scenic Trail, and closed the area from Dec. 3 and Dec. 12 due to mountain lion activity.
The full uncensored video can be found here. Video courtesy of Tiffany Foster.
Jesse Tellez
Digital Editor
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