Barbara wrote:That is surely brave of you, Maria.
What is an air-rifle > or a "paintball gun" ?
I might need to find out, that's why I am inquiring !
A paintball gun is used by those who like to attend paintball tournaments. Contestants get dressed in camouflage clothing, and then pay a fee to enter a tournament where a stage is set up with different fronts of buildings, much like an old western stage scene. Then contestants shoot at fellow contestants, who try to duck, dodge, and run. Of course, their clothes can become quite colorful depending on the color of the paintballs used. I do not know the rules of the game, but it is similar to how our armed forces trained for Iraqi operations according to some US vets who served in Iraq. Although Paintballing is not lethal, it can be dangerous and very painful if someone is paintballed in the eyes. For this reason, I think that they are required to wear goggles.
One of our nasty neo-Nazi neighbors sprayed our car with a paintball gun. My husband at first thought it was an egg, but it washed off very nicely. They hit the car and then ran away. Those little cowards.
Although I have never seen a mountain lion up close, I have seen one spin around and leave a cloud of dust when he was about 20 feet away. I spied a long leg, and it was not a bobcat leg. We have also heard a large animal climb up one of our trees. Cougars do that, but so do bears. Thus, climbing a tree to get away from a bear or cougar is not the best plan. Thankfully, since these large wild animals try to avoid contact with us, they are rarely seen, but they are watching us.