Were that true, you'd see a great many more cougar attacks. People are in and near cougars a LOT more than they know. In fact, you'd see a large number of wildlife biologists taken. He does say, "...the more you look like a deer..." But we don't ACT like deer. Cougars are small and don't prefer to take chances. The struck-by-lightning comparison is valid. However, if you think being struck by lightning is rare, being attacked by a cougar is rare air indeed. Rarer still is actually being killed by a mountain lion. Small women, the young, and the old, have fended off cougar attacks. He does make decent points about fighting them though. Being able to kill deer doesn't require a lot of size. Bobcats, coyotes, etc can and will take deer...and many of your free-roaming dogs. It's funny how many folks aren't worried about the threat of death by flu but cougars are a concern. If 36,000 people a year died from cougar attacks in the US, and a new breed of really powerful cougars sauntered on in to exacerbate the situation, we'd be sitting in turrets watching fields of fire!

I'm kidding of course. But the liklihood of winning the lottery has to be greater than being attacked by cougars.