A Montana farmer is thanking his dogs after a heart-stopping encounter in his barn, where a mountain lion climbed a ladder directly toward him as he sat frozen in the loft above. The dramatic video — recorded from the farmer’s point of view — begins inside the dim upper level of the barn. The farmer is seated in the hay, not moving, when he spots a mountain lion enter through the open barn doors below. Instead of prowling around on the ground, the cougar immediately locks onto the loft and begin