Feb. 16 2009 I found a rather large Mt. Lion scat on the Interpretive Trail just above the confluence of Big Creek and Devils Creek. It contained lots of small bones but also three claws and a tooth. I have gotten confirmation from three trusted sources that these bones belong to a mountain lion, probably a juvenile killed by an adult male. Since mountain lions are very territorial, this is not at all uncommon. The very intriguing thing is that none of the folks who identified the bones have ever read about a mountain lion actually eating another lion. John Smiley said, “it must have been hungry to eat the skull and paws!”
