California couple confided about stuffed mountain lion to fellow fliers, authorities say. They were in for a shock

They were just passengers aboard an airplane, flying over California and having a chat.

The couple was relating their adventures in hunting to the pair of fliers in the row ahead of them. Things apparently got cozy, and they confided that they had hunted a mountain lion. In fact, they said, a close relative was a big fan of wild animals that had been stuffed and mounted — they had mountain lions, a wolverine and wolves in a “trophy room.”