Cougar! I went into the tiny generator room, its door facing the bush.  I felt like a canary in a cage. Captured!...       The next morning Alex came by to check his traps. “What should I do?” “Nothing,” Alex repeated. “If he wants you, he gets you, and there is nothing you can do about it.”  He went on to explain, “It is no good to carry a gun. You’ll never see a cougar.  He will be in a tree hidden. You will not see him until it is too late.”