What would you do if you walked into your living room and spotted a mountain lion lounging behind your sofa? If you're Lauren Taylor of Ashland, Oregon, you'd tap into your psychic abilities and convince the big cat to leave using the power of your own mind.
Lauren claims that's exactly what happened after a cougar wandered into her house the morning of July 8.
"It was just a couple hours to dawn and we needed to prompt her [the cougar] to leave without alarming her so much that she panicked and tried to break through the window," Lauren explained in a long Facebook post she penned after the fact. "I sent telepathic pictures of the routes out of the house via open doors and the route out the backyard, across the creek, through an open field, and back up into the hills."
Eventually, the cougar "roused and seemed like she knew just what to do…"
"This is wild," Lauren began in the post about her ordeal.
"There’s a mountain lion in our living room," she said. "Loving her to peace so she’ll go out safely."
"This cat was drinking from our large fountain/pond that's right at the back door before she came in," Lauren explained. "The door was open and the room has huge plants and stairs built around real tree branches, so she likely didn't even realize she was walking indoors until she was inside."
The cougar tried to leave the home through a closed window, but "became frightened" when Lauren's roommate spotted her and screamed, Lauren continued.
Lauren went on to reveal that she has "extensive experience working with animals," and as such knew she had to remain calm. "Cats are very psychic and perceptive of energy," she explained.
Lauren decided to take matters into her own hands: Once the cougar quieted down, Lauren walked outside and peered through the window next to her to begin calming the big cat and convince her to leave.
"When I made noise, she woke up and looked startled so I consciously raised my [brain] frequency, gazed lovingly then slow-blinked (which is feline-speak for expressing trust and goodwill) and she did it back!" Lauren said. "Several times, and then went back to sleep."
"She seemed to feel safe, was relaxed and showed no inclination to leave. When she woke again, I again connected in a loving gaze and communicated trust through feline slow-blinking. My housemate came out and the lion became very alert to a new person. I explained about the energy and slow blinking and she dropped into her heart, blinked, and the lion blinked back at her, relaxed, and curled up to sleep some more. We left her alone in the room with the doors all open. And when we returned, she was still there."
A few hours later, "we needed to prompt her to leave without alarming her so much that she panicked and tried to break through the window," Lauren said. "I sent telepathic pictures of the routes out of the house via open doors and the route out the backyard, across the creek, through an open field, and back up into the hills, but she was still hanging out."
"Cheryl got guidance that the way to rouse her and get her to leave her safe spot behind the sofa without panicking was through drumming," Lauren added, referring to her roommate.
"We called in native ancestors’ support and started drumming. She roused and seemed like she knew just what to do… walking calmly out through the open doors, through the yard, across the creek, and through the empty field behind us — exactly as we had shown her. She was taken aback briefly from seeing herself in a mirror, but otherwise walked out calmly."
"It was a perfect ending to a blessed encounter that could have been dangerous if approached from a lower frequency."
The cougar hasn't been back since their encounter and likely won't return, Lauren concluded.
"She surely wasn't intending to get stuck in a house all night when she wandered in, and though she was allowed to rest and wasn't traumatized, cougars don't really want to hang out indoors behind sofas."
"May she stay safely in the hills to enjoy a long life as a wild and healthy lion. "
Lauren's tale has since gone viral on Facebook.
At the time LittleThings published this story, her post had been shared more than 31,000 times across the social media platform.
People were amazed by Lauren's ability to calm and communicate with the big cat.
(P.S. Don't try this at home, people!)
Click here to read everything Lauren had to say about her cougar encounter.
