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Stuart McQueen was on his way home from work when he witnessed a tragic act of heroism sa国际传媒� a man fighting off a cougar to protect his dog.

He was working a wildfire in the area, contracted to the BC Wildfire Service to provide water to firefighters battling a small blaze near Hidden Creek.

Headed down Bear Lake Main Road, about 15 kilometres out of West Kelowna on the Westside, Mcqueen spotted a cougar on the side of the road. He slowed his truck to a walking pace and pulled his phone out to capture the moment on camera.

sa国际传媒淚 was coming down the road watching the cat and stuff, and all I could think about was sa国际传媒楾his would be cool to show my wife,sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒� he said.

But what was intended as a fun wildlife video quickly turned dark. As McQueen followed the cougar, he spotted a truck pulling a camper parked down the road, along with two dogs and their owner.

sa国际传媒淚 started yelling at the guy, basically saying, sa国际传媒楥all your dogs; theresa国际传媒檚 a cat on the road, call your dogs,sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒� he said.

McQueen said the man didnsa国际传媒檛 hear him at first, but by the time he did comprehend what McQueen was yelling and had called out for his dogs, it was too late sa国际传媒� theysa国际传媒檇 seen the cougar.

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sa国际传媒淭hey were just not listening to him calling them to come. And, at that point is when the cat turned and looked at one of the dogs and noticed it and was like, sa国际传媒楢lright, I can get a meal,sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒� he said.

sa国际传媒淚 think the cat was kind of in a state where it was like either he had to eat, or he was gonna die.sa国际传媒�

At that point, McQueen again lifted his phone and began filming. He posted the video to YouTube, which Black Press Media has chosen to show only part of due to its graphic nature.

McQueensa国际传媒檚 footage shows the cougar running up the road when it spots one of the dogs and pounces. The man grabs a machete from his camper then runs toward the entangled animals, hacking several times at the cougarsa国际传媒檚 neck until it eventually dies.

After the conclusion of the 1:15 clip, which has more than 130,000 views since it was posted on Sept. 27, McQueen said he ran up to the man to ask if he and the dog were alright.

sa国际传媒淚 checked out the dog, and the dog had some pretty severe cuts and slashes on him. Whether those are from the cougar the machete, Isa国际传媒檓 not sure,sa国际传媒� he said.

The dogsa国际传媒檚 condition remains unknown at this time.

Black Press Media has reached out to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service for comment.

michael.rodriguez@kelownacapnews.com
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