by Catherine Holland, KMOV.com
BOULDER, Colo. -- A house cat in Boulder, Colo. had a close encounter of the mountain lion kind, and his owner caught it on camera.
Gail Loveman said Zeus, her 11-year-old Maine Coon, tend to show his rough-and-tough side, standing firm, puffing out his fur and hissing when other animal, usually squirrels, invade his porch. Zeus was somewhat less assertive and perhaps more confused when the invader on the other side of the sliding glass door was a young mountain lion.
Loveman told The Denver Post last Thursday's face-off between Zeus and the mountain lion lasted about five minutes before the mountain lion apparently got bored and wandered away, stopping to check out a statue that looks like it could be his cousin in her yard.
Loveman said she was working in her home office when she heard a noise. She saw the mountain lion on her porch, grabbed her camera and started snapping a way as Zeus made his way to the sliding glass door to check out the interloper.
