Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1913 — MOUNTAIN LION STEALS FISH [ARTICLE]

MOUNTAIN LION STEALS FISH

Four Anglers Spend Weird Night In California and Lose Their Breakfast * Redlands. Cal. —To catch a fine mess of mountain trout and then have a mountain lion take it is no fun, according to A. H. Holgate, G. Hulling, O. Gardener and N. Songer, who have Just returned from a fishing trip to upper Bear creek. The anglers caught a fine mess of trout and only used half of them for the evening meal. Just before they went to sleep they heard a noise on the rock above them, and an Investigation revealed a big wildcat slinking off In the moonlight Fearful that the animal Would come back after the trout they bung them on two upright poles in the ground. About midnight they were awakened by the roaring of a mountain Hon that seemed to be almost on top of them. One of the men was brave enough to move toward the sound, ■but the fierce roaring of the lion scared him away. In the morning when they want to look for their breakfast of trout they found it gone.