Mountain lions, like this one pictured on the US Forest Service website, are not known for consuming human flesh. HARLINGEN, Texas – A mountain lion was hit and killed by a car traveling near Highway 77 in Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley over the weekend, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials said. According to a statement from TPWD provided to KSAT, the mountain lion was killed north of Harlingen. He said when a young mountain lion does that it can go as far as 300 miles from where it was born. And that’s really important to remember.”To date, officials have reported two mountain lion sightings in Cameron County within the last year and 36 across the state.

PROVO, Utah – A two-mile run turned into a run for his life after a man came close to a mountain lion while on a hiking trail in Utah earlier this week. However, Burgess soon realized that they were mountain lion cubs. “I found what I thought were bobcats on the trail during a run,” Burgess said in the video’s description on YouTube. In the video, Burgess is walking backward as the mountain lion keeps a steady pace behind him and periodically charges at him. “She escorted me for over six minutes to get me away from her cubs,” Burgess said in the video.