One of the dogs wanted out last night just before midnight. I let him out and he immediately was running along the dog run, and he stopped to bark at the end of the fence. Then I heard a loud scream, and I immediately recognized that there was a mountain lion right by the house! By now, the other dog was heading out the back door, too. Closed the door and I husseled both of them in the house while the lion kept screaming as it moved on. I’ve seen a pair of young lions coming up from the river at dark once about 10 years ago, but until now, I had never seen or heard one before near our cabin in Big Trees. Payette court vicinity.