If provoked by a mountain lion

I literally just had to write a paper on my thoughts about managing mountain lion populations in Nebraska. Had I seen this, my paper would have been so much better.

Actually if a mountain lion is about to attack you (but hasn't actually launched itself at you and is just about to), then you should scream and throw your arms up above your head to make yourself look bigger and wave them around. My mother was attacked by a mountain lion when she was a few weeks pregnant with me and this is exactly how she scared it off.