Cougar Hot Tub

From the Denver Post via AP:

DEADWOOD, S.D.—A relaxing soak in a hot tub came to an abrupt end when Marlene Todd came eye to eye with a mountain lion in her backyard. "I was kind of hidden, sitting with my back up against the side of the tub, and I heard a little rustling sound in the needles right beside me," she said.

Todd said she thought it might have been her house cat until she saw "this big, tan, hairy body" just 4 inches away.    "I didn't realize what it was until it took a leap and jumped up on the side of my hot tub," Todd said.    ..."We locked eyes, and it kicked off of the hot tub and ran away.

... "Now I know what a goldfish feels like when the cat is staring in its bowl," Todd said.

A hot tub soak on a Thursday morning?  Must be nice - living in Deadwood.  "Shouldn't you be working?" the big cat asked.  "And where did this house come from?"                                                                                                                   

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I'd say the big cat was thinking something like "Hmm... I'll guess I'll have to come back later--soup's not done yet."