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Speaker 1: And welcome to another episode of I Tell You What

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Speaker 1: Did you hear? The big news yesterday and the school

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Speaker 1: lockdowns up in Duluth. They're one of the public about

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Speaker 1: a mountain lion or a cougar, oh, that was spotted

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Speaker 1: in the city and the public's advised to never approach

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Speaker 1: wild animals. He was cautioned in their presence. They like

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Speaker 1: down a bunch of Duluth schools yesterday and wow, and

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Speaker 1: they want you to be on the lookout. So, I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of freaky. I thought that they're pretty elusive cougars.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think that they I mean, I know, I

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Speaker 1: shouldn't say that. I thought maybe a little more shy.

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Speaker 1: I thought that they kind of stayed away from cities

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Speaker 1: and people and stuff. And I guess, and then I

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Speaker 1: was looking into it, I guess there's a little they

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Speaker 1: are a little bit more of a threat. I mean, obviously,

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Speaker 1: if they're shutting stuff down and all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: So I asked, you know, all the powers that be,

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Speaker 1: are they dangerous being cougars? And they are large, powerful

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Speaker 1: predators that should be considered dangerous wild animals. Cougar attacks

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Speaker 1: are very rare. They're normally very solitary, elusive, generally avoid

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Speaker 1: human contact, but they can if they get into it

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Speaker 1: with you, it's it's it's pretty bad. However, an attack

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Speaker 1: from a cougar in the state of Minnesota, I also

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Speaker 1: looked up, is about as likely as being attacked by

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Speaker 1: a domestic dog or being killed by a lightning bolt,

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Speaker 1: so which sounds like two completely different things. A lot

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Speaker 1: easier to get attacked by a domestic dog, I guess,

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Speaker 1: but it depends on if you're looking for it or not.

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Speaker 1: But they, man, they are really cunning little animals here.

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Speaker 1: They are. Their behavior mimics their preise. So if you're running,

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Speaker 1: they're running. If you're jogging, they're jigging. They kind of

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Speaker 1: do what you're doing. So if you played dead, they

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Speaker 1: played dead. Well it doesn't say that, just like oh

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Speaker 1: a meal, I don't know them. I wouldn't try that one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if you're mountain biking, they're mountain biking. I mean, whatever

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Speaker 1: whatever you're doing, they're doing, they kind of mimic what

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Speaker 1: you're doing. They're they're typically a little smaller in size,

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Speaker 1: some can get a little bigger, so children are at

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Speaker 1: higher risks, so hence the lockdown of the schools up

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Speaker 1: in Duluth, which is crazy. Uh. They say you shouldn't

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Speaker 1: really be alone around at cougar you know, they'll take

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Speaker 1: you home. Well, then, what kind of cougar? What do you?

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Speaker 1: What do you on the lookout. We're gonna see some

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Speaker 1: of those cougars tonight. I got Yeah, we're doing a

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Speaker 1: food drive at the luckout. Cougars, come out, bring your cougar.

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Speaker 1: Just as long as you bring food, we don't care. No.

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Speaker 1: If you're a loan you're supposed to kind of watch it.

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Speaker 1: You should travel in groups. I'm not supposed to get

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Speaker 1: into their habitat. But it looks like this cougar is

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Speaker 1: getting into our habitat up there in Duluth. But one

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Speaker 1: little cougar shutting down all these schools up there in

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Speaker 1: Uh in Duluth. They get kind of aggressive, obviously if

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Speaker 1: they have their I guess they're little their little kugets around,

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Speaker 1: their little kittens, kitten cougars or whatever. Yeah, whatever, whatever

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Speaker 1: they may be. I'm trying to speak just kind of

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Speaker 1: a lamer's term here. I don't know, it doesn't actually

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Speaker 1: that word doesn't pop up. I think I think they're

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Speaker 1: a little kid. Yeah, I guess. So. Yeah, hiking groups,

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Speaker 1: you're supposed to make noise. It's just like a bear

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Speaker 1: supposed to It's kind of like the same thing when

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Speaker 1: you're when you're walking around in the woods, like when

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Speaker 1: they spot these bears in Elm Creek and Maple Grove.

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Speaker 1: You're supposed to make noise, supposed to be loud, You're

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Speaker 1: supposed to be like, get away bear, back up off. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they don't like that, that human voice. I think that

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Speaker 1: kind of freaks them out a little bit. You're supposed

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Speaker 1: to kind of do the same thing with the cougar,

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Speaker 1: and you're not supposed to run from them, as they'll

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Speaker 1: chase you. I mean, they're predators. And if you can,

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Speaker 1: I guess, make eye contact. So everything they say, you

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Speaker 1: might get away from them, stay away from the same time.

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Speaker 1: I guess if they get too close, turn around and say,

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Speaker 1: let's go, my guy, Come on, a little cougar, you're

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Speaker 1: supposed to shout firmly and loudly throw objects at it.

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Speaker 1: That sounds like a piss it off for real. If

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Speaker 1: it's mimicking what I'm doing, yeah, you can throw stuff

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Speaker 1: back at you. If it's a mimicker, yeah, sticks, whatever,

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Speaker 1: throw it at I just I don't know if I

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Speaker 1: is that what you really want to do? I wouldn't.

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Speaker 1: In the end, it says fight back aggressively. If if

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Speaker 1: a cougar attacks, fight back aggressively. People have successfully driven

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Speaker 1: off cougars using anything available, including bare hands. Dude, it

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Speaker 1: pays to like no martial arts with these things. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I guess so if. I mean, but if they're attacking me,

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Speaker 1: I think that's if it gets to that, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, like, don't they have like strong Joe jaws?

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Speaker 1: Do they get claws? Yeah? I don't know. That's hot.

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Speaker 1: I hope I run into that cougar. So that's what's

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Speaker 1: happening in Duluth. So they locked down the schools for

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Speaker 1: that little cougar. Everybody be careful. That's just crazy. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I could see why, because you don't want to be

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Speaker 1: the school to have to call somebody's parents be like, hey,

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Speaker 1: they don't worry, they're fine. They just gotten toled with

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Speaker 1: that cougar. Yeah, and then everyone's gonna think it's the

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Speaker 1: vice principal. That's another story. That's a nasty that. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what's worse, you know. Yeah, Yeah, So if

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Speaker 1: you're in the dilute. Thereya listening to the dilute Theory,

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Speaker 1: be on the lookout for the cougar. They say that

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Speaker 1: this cougar came from Nebraska. Tell you to know Nebraska.

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Speaker 1: They ask, I have no idea. Must be the accent.

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Speaker 1: I don't know Nebraska cougar. Does Nebraska have an accent?

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Speaker 1: Was it wearing a big end? Does it have a

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Speaker 1: corn Husker head on it? Did they come from like

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Speaker 1: the Nebraska? Do it broke out? It's like I need

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Speaker 1: to find my cousin Terry. Could be I have no idea,

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Speaker 1: So everybody look out for the cougar. And thanks for

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