As a young boy Langley's Max Michaud set out to cross a log over the Nicomekl River which flowed directly behind his parents' home, but the family dog would not let him continue.  It turns our that a cougar was waiting in the bush on the other side of the river, and for years, Max maintained the dog had saved his life.  He later grew into a crack shot, and legend has it that he could shoot a salmon leaping out of the water for a fly. Cougar Hunt in Stanley Park In October of 1911 Max found himself joining a Fraser Valley posse on the hunt for a cougar with an appetite for deer and goats at the Stanley Park Zoo. Vancouver police had unsuccessfully tried to track it -- as had a big game hunter and other local huntsmen. The Province newspaper offered a $50 reward to the [...]