Big Horn Sheep vs Mountain Lion - both fall to deaths (a little bloody)

[blue fluff]

This has been forwarded by email a couple of times, so I have no idea who "my brother Daniel" is. But we were just camping at Glacier and turned around where the road is closed, but lots of people hike up it.

Background: My brother, Daniel, was visiting a friend in Montana and
touring through Glacier National Park. They were hiking up a CLOSED ROAD
when they came upon this scene. It is evident that the mountain lion and
bighorn sheep were fighting on the mountain and fell to their immediate
death sometime during the struggle. Pay special attention to the mouth of
the mountain lion.....as it still has sheep hide in its mouth!!!!

 

[06 RMK 900]

HOLY SH!T, i couldn't imagine driving along and watching that fall from the sky.

 

[ccoleman77]

That's gnarly cool. Shot the horn off. Hard fall for no more physical damage

 

[Ex-Member]

wow.... wonder if they make road signs for that... "Danger - Falling wildlife"

 

[adrenaline junkey]

wow.... wonder if they make road signs for that... "Danger - Falling wildlife"

wow no kidding that would make a mess of things

 

[H2SNOW]

wow man good post

 

[Snowizard]

Taken to the next extreme, 'spose they fell on top of the guys vehicle?
Try and explain that to the insurance company!

"....well you see, we were on this narrow mountain road and outta nowhere these animals fell on my vehicle.........."

Uh-huh, sure they did.

 

[sledchick]

haha they got served..sucka!!!

 

[captjacksparrow]

That almost looks like the "Road To The Sun". Might be the cut across down to East Glacier but I don't think there is any cliffs that high on the cut across.

 

[farwest]

Cool post !!!

 

[justadude]

Whoa!! That sucks!!! Good find though!!

 

[AZ800]

Taken to the next extreme, 'spose they fell on top of the guys vehicle?
Try and explain that to the insurance company!

"....well you see, we were on this narrow mountain road and outta nowhere these animals fell on my vehicle.........."

Uh-huh, sure they did.

That happened, to a lesser extent, to one of my buddies. The car in front of him hit a doe. It got launched up in the air and landed on the roof/windshield of his F 250. Totalled the truck.

 

[Snowizard]

That happened, to a lesser extent, to one of my buddies. The car in front of him hit a doe. It got launched up in the air and landed on the roof/windshield of his F 250. Totalled the truck.

Prob'ly lots of similar accidents.
I rember reading in "Alaska magazine" about a fellow driving down an AK highway minding his own business, and WHAM! a large Salmon smashes thru his windshield!

WTH, flying Salmon?
Turns out an Eagle was trying to fly away with the fish, and it was too heavy for the Eagle, and it was dropped from some distance in the air.
Wierd.

 

[DenverR1]

That's an amazing couple of pics! Looks like the mountain lion almost got a taste judging by the fur in his mouth. Crazy!

 

[rynokron]

wow.... wonder if they make road signs for that... "Danger - Falling wildlife"

lmfao!

 

[cubby]

Great pictures, once in a life time