Illinois Mt Lion Attack: Teen Lied
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 11th, 2011
Tonight is the evening of October 11th, when there is a Full Hunter’s Moon. Perhaps it is appropriate that this moon and its lunacy would deliver some news of the hunting variety as the moon appeared on the horizon.
The 14-year-old hunter in Pike County, Illinois who said he was attacked by a panther on Sunday, October 2nd, has admitted that he lied. He fell from his tree stand, and made up the story about the cat attack because he was afraid his parents won’t let him hunt alone again if they knew the truth. Source.
Thanks to John Winterbauer for the update.
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I thought the story was fishy from the beginning. He wasn’t nearly messed up enough to have fought off a panther/mountain lion/beast/whatever.
As for hunting alone? After this story, he’ll be lucky if his parents let him go hunting at all.
went too big on his story poor kid.
So he fell out of his stand and decided to tell everyone he was attacked by a cougar instead because he was afraid his parents wouldn’t let him hunt alone? The mind of a 14 year old…
That story doesn’t make any sense. Did this kid think a mountain lion attack story would go over better with his parents than falling from a tree branch? If he was afraid of his parents not letting him hunt alone again, a panther attack story isn’t going to do you any favors kid.
Let me get my belt…
What’s up with lying kids and Illinois? First, you had that miscreant bigfoot hoaxer. Now, this?
The kid never thought it would hit the news. Maybe he even thought that he would look good in front of his friends facing off with a mountain lion. Macho stuff.