Two dead felines (slow news day, folks)

Bridget Cavanaugh took this photo today at the end of her driveway, just less than a mile outside of Bozeman's city limits. Here's how this mountain lion and this housecat ended up dead, side by side:

Bridget says the lion chased the kitty up an electrical pole and the kitty hit the top wire as the big cat grabbed its back leg (note that the kitty's back leg is cut open), then the big cat hit the second wire. The lion and the kitty were electrocuted and died, dropping to the ground right below the wires. (Bridget knows which cat hit which line because there's still fur on both wires). Fish, Wildlife and Parks picked up the cats this afternoon.

It's an odd story, but also a frightening one for Bridget who has little children. She writes: "It’s to us chilling because our kids play just down the dirt road. We had no idea this mountain lion was living in our pastures, eating young deer and climbing electrical poles to eat the neighbor’s cat."