Missouri Man Saw Huge Mountain Lion Walking on Parkville Trail

When you go for a stroll down a trail near Kansas City, Missouri, you expect to see nature like birds and maybe rabbits. What you don't expect to see is a large mountain lion, but that's exactly what happened to a Missouri man who had one of these big cats cross over the trail right in front of him.

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FOX4 News Kansas City interviewed University of Missouri Kansas City professor Stephen Davis who was out for a walk down a trail inside Parkville Nature Sanctuary. It's a rather large park that spans 113 acres according to the official website and it's located in the northwest part of the Kansas City area.

Stephen was walking down this path in Parkville Nature Sanctuary.

Ahead of him, he saw something large rustling through the leaves along the side of the trail when a huge mountain lion suddenly crossed the trail looking back and glaring at him.

Parkville Nature Sanctuary is one of the highest rated trails in the Kansas City area on Trip Advisor. It's very scenic with tons of waterfalls and attracts a lot of families that walk its many paths. Among all the glowing reviews, you won't see any mention of mountain lions, but perhaps that's about to change.

Despite their fierce reputation, mountain lions are solitary creatures and will rarely ever attack a human. What happened to Stephen Davis is typical. Once the cat realizes you're there, it will most likely quickly flee.

You will rarely ever see one of these large cats especially in such a populated area like Parkville, Missouri. But, as the song says, there's a first time for everything.