Posted on 05/19/2018 5:12:34 PM PDT by george76
Two men were riding road bikes when the cougar attacked both of them.
One person was killed and a second person injured in a cougar attack near North Bend Saturday.
The attack happened in a very remote area northeast of Snoqualmie. According to the King County Sheriff's Office, two men were riding road bikes when the cougar attacked both of them.
A 31-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center for his injuries; he was alert and listed in serious condition.
The second man fled into the woods to escape the cougar, but the animal chased after him. Search crews found the second man dead from the attack. The King County Sheriff's Office says a recovery mission underway for for the man's body.
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King co Sheriff and Fish and wildlife officials investigating mountain lion attack on two cyclists near North Bend/Snoqualmie. One taken to harborview, the other was killed and is now a recovery operation
(Excerpt) Read more at wfmynews2.com ...
Terrifying. Just over a mile from my house. Dogs aren’t going out again ..... I’m not either. Wonder if my M&P Shield would even scratch this thing.
Sounds quite interesting. He was definetly having some fun at white man’s expense heh.
I don’t play with a bluff charge, if it’s coming it’s eating lead. By the time you figure out it’s not a bluff, it’s too late.
Around here we make noise, but they are used to it and I guess it makes them curious, you’ll see them come look around. Some track I saw the other day of a grizz is one I don’t want to meet. He had a massive track.
I sure love those wildlife training videos they show people. I can tell they were produced by liberals lol. Basically, if you followed their advice, you’d have a story with a terrible ending.
Did it occur at the VFW ?
Re your tagline: You forgot “fake name”. It’s Leroy Churchill Ward.
Rush’s nightly TV show in ‘93 highlighted a Bay Area outrage: A single mom on an early morning jog was killed & partly eaten by a Mtn Lion. When officials found & killed it, they discovered she left behind two cubs. SF Bay residents donated huge amount$$ to a charity fund to provide for the orphaned cubs, but nobody lifted a finger to help the human orphans.
Above is a wolf attack that happened just prior to a job we did in a nearby village. Female school teacher from the Lower 48 on a jog, turned a corner, saw wolves, ran - couldn’t run fast enough. The interesting (and amazing from a tactical view, and spooky) - was a third wolf running parallel to her travel to box her in if needed.
On my last job up in Alaska the local said Alaska has the highest number of missing persons. He figured a lot of them were just guys that didn’t want to be found. But a lot of drownings, and a lot of animal deaths. A grizzly near his town was suspected of killing a guy and they killed it. They found the guy’s remains; and two others. “Yeah - those numbers they report on grizzly deaths - those are ‘confirmed’ deaths - I’m guessing the actual number is 4x as high.”
Of course the only bear we ended up seeing was a black bear running as fast as he could away from our truck as we were headed to the site. Which is fine by me!
If they had time, a mountain bike held sideways in front of you could be both a weapon and a barrier to the cat.
An adult cougar usually tops out around 150 pounds, so an adult man + mountain bike versus a cougar would almost be a fair fight.
I live about 20 miles from this incident, and I run every morning near “Cougar Mountain.”
At this time of year I usually run before sunrise because it’s cooler. My running trail is often deserted at that time in the morning, and I consciously think about cougars every day.
I figure if I come face to face with a big cat, I have some chance because I will absolutely fight for my life.
But if one of those cats hits you from behind, you will be in deep trouble.
They must have forgotten their laser pointer.
These two were too well indoctrinated to carry, so one of them is now kitty kibble and the other is a jigsaw puzzle for the doctors to play with. Leftists assure us that this was a better outcome than armed self defense.
To all who claim to love nature - nature is deadly. We live in houses to keep nature away from us.
and little brass bells.
Too many non thinkers - believe the Disneyland view of animals.
These lions kill fast runners = adult, male elk = that can weight 800 pounds.
Yes, I agree with you 100%...release that magnificent cat,,,,and leave him the hell alone. He was doing what a cat does.
Re: “These lions kill fast runners = adult, male elk = that can weight 800 pounds.”
I believe it. If they get near your neck, they never let go.
I’ve seen elk - up close and personal - on my morning runs. Some of them are as big as a horse.
Just a few weeks ago I channel surfed into a nature film shot in Alaska. They had film of a single wolf - maybe 125 pounds - running down an adult elk on open terrain.
The wolf grabbed the elk by the throat and dragged it down and killed it. Completely amazing.
Here’s an excerpt from an AP piece just posted in The Oregonian. If this is a true account of what took place it’s really weird, first time I’ve heard of something like this. Maybe the cat was sick or rabid.
Excerpt:
“SEATTLE — The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle.
They got off their bikes. They faced the beast, shouted and tried to spook it. After it charged, one even smacked the cougar with his bike, and it ran off.
It wasn’t enough, authorities said.
When they got on their bikes again, the cougar returned, biting one of them on the head and shaking him. The second cyclist ran, and the animal dropped the first victim and pounced on him, killing him and dragging him back to what appeared to be its den, King County sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Abbott said.
“They did everything they were supposed to do,” Abbott said Sunday. “But something was wrong with this cougar.””
Yes, something may be wrong with that cat, but then again, it may have been starving and desperate. Either way, very tragic for the riders.
Thanks for the additional info.
Keep yourself safe up in Washington!
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