Did this heavy metal song save a life?

[pnwmom]

I don't know, but I want my family's hikers to put this song in their cell phones.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/us/hiker-metallica-cougar-trnd/?iid=ob_mobile_article_footer_expansion&fbclid=IwAR37hP_JyUt08sDptxLTdj000RhsGd-aXsG46xS7xVHCrGvl1Vbue26FpPA

Dee Gallant, 45, was on a hike in South Duncan with her dog, Murphy, on July 23.

She said she was only a few miles into the woods when she turned around and realized that they had company: They were being stalked by a cougar.

SNIP

Gallant tried waving her arms and yelling at the cat, saying things like "bad kitty!" and "get out of here!" but the cougar stood its ground.

That is, until Gallant opened her phone and chose the loudest band she could think of: Metallica.

The song: "Don't Tread On Me."

[Midnight Writer]

1. The Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive is used to train folk in CPR. Lives saved by disco? Who'd a thunk it?

[pnwmom]

2. LOL! You're right. Who'd a thunk it?

[emulatorloo]

3. Thanks for the thread and link!

[KPN]

4. Wow! Gonna have to load that song on my iPhone. Was just walking my dog on gated

logging roads the other day here in SW Oregon and got creeped about cougars. Not the first time I've felt that ... but haven't seen anything but scat over the years. Though we do have plenty in this area.