A mountain lion was just feet away from hiker Cortney Rasura in Ojai, California. Rasura yelled at the animal, telling it to go away. With the beast lingering, Rasura upped the ante, but the cougar didn’t budge.

A hiker is sharing details on the tense moment she came face-to-face with a mountain lion while hiking in Ojai.

A SoCal hiker said she thankfully remembered what to do when she encountered the puma — yelling, facing the cat, trying to look big — until it ran off.