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Most people who face a mountain lion make at least one critical mistake. In 2024 alone, those mistakes turned deadly in California and nearly fatal in Washington. Here is what the research, ranger briefings, and documented encounters actually show.
A mountain lion approaching a vehicle at night and standing up against the side is not a random event. It is a deliberate investigation. The more useful question is what drew the lion to the vehicle in the first place, and whether being in a rooftop tent changes anything.
You can watch the footage and feel two things simultaneously. The first is obvious. The second takes a moment longer, a quiet suspicion that this probably doesn’t happen. That mountain lions don’t actually approach sleeping humans in their sleeping bags, sniff them, and walk away. Your skepticism is reasonable.
