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Now, it must be at the very top after the song helped her scare off a cougar.

Gallant, whosa国际传媒檚 from Chemainus, was walking her husky, Murphy, on July 23 on a logging road south of Duncan when a cougar appeared and moved toward them.

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She kept the video going for what she said seemed like several minutes, starting down the animal. She can be heard yelling: sa国际传媒淕et out of here!sa国际传媒� sa国际传媒淏ad kitty!sa国际传媒� sa国际传媒淕o on, get!sa国际传媒� sa国际传媒淚sa国际传媒檒l fight you!sa国际传媒�

But none of it worked, so she pulled out the heavy artillery.

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Gallant said shesa国际传媒檚 seen cougars before, and that neither she nor her dog were scared.

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Shesa国际传媒檚 been inundated with calls from the news media to tell her story about a new method for frightening cougars.

The experience has her thinking about creating a wildlife playlist, with maybe some selections from John Cougar Mellencamp, Def Leppard and the Stray Cats sa国际传媒� to name a few.

Gallant is a regular player in the annual Georgina Falt Memorial Mind Games Music Trivia tournament in Duncan, organized by Don Bodger of Black Press Media as a benefit for the Alzheimer Society of B.C.

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