Mountain lions have been sighted in our area of the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, including one recent sighting on the property next to ours. We saw some droppings that looked like mountain lion scat, but we had no way of knowing for sure. The only wild feline we've seen was a bobcat.

There was a jogger killed on a trail near here ten or fifteen years ago, but that's the only attack I know of. We keep our eyes open for bears and lions and rattlesnakes, but there hasn't been any problem in the 15 years my wife has been here.

-Joe Offer, Colfax, California-