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
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Back in the day us old farts called it a “10-speed”.
Sounds kind of like a tomcat sitting by the back door with a dead animal beside it.
Thanks.
I had to read that twice too. It seems to me they found part of the guy, but a major part is missing. Perhaps the head. Or maybe they found the head but the body is missing. In any case, I was under the impression that not all of him was there.
“Timmy Treadwell and his girlfriend were eaten alive by bears. Sound recording of the attack, too.”
As I suggested elsewhere on the thread, that might or might not work, but running will definitely get you killed.
That’s exactly what I pack whenever I hike....a Ruger Redhawk .44 mag.
When I was a kid I did not know what a 10 speed was.
We had a Western Flyer and my Brothers and I rode that thing for many years. Our Cousin gave us two old Whizzer motors and we made one working one from them.
It actually ran really well.
Stopped at the McDonald’s in North Bend every time on our drives from Smokey Point, WA to Spokane when our daughter was in law college at Gonzaga U. I love that drive through Snoqualmie, it is gorgeously pretty.
With cats the idea is to look as big and threatening as possible. Pick up children and put them on your shoulders, it gets them off the ground and makes you look bigger. Pick up a stick, shout, look as tough as you can. Bear you do not make eye contact with and look the least threatening as possible. Unfortunately if you encounter a cat during daylight it is likely rabid. Even running in my semirural neighborhood I always carry....
That’s great!
A while back I read an anecdote about a small boat of poachers who went into a wildlife preserve (I think in Bangladesh) at night with no lights to avoid detection.
It was a small tributary, and as they slowly proceeded in the dark, they heard a soft splash. When they turned on a spotlight, they saw a tiger dragging a guy up the riverbank by his head.
Apparently, there were high banks on both sides of the stream, and the tiger had leaped over the boat, snatched one of the poachers out of the boat by his head in mid-air, and landed on the other side.
The tiger did not even so much as rock the little boat. Until they were out of there, they all stood back to back with guns at the ready.
After watching that video of the woman in China who got out of her car and was nailed by the tiger, I don’t doubt the veracity of that story I heard for a single second. It looked like it grabbed that woman by her lower back with its teeth on each side of her spine and made off with her with seemingly no effort at all.
LOL. Chardonnay does not taste as good out the nose as it does down the throat!
Cory Chase?
At least you would die with a smile on your face!
Oooooo la la!
“a Ruger Redhawk .44 mag.”
Or a Smith 629 mountain gun.
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/31/products_id/26324
But you have to have very strong hands and wrists to be any good with it. 4in barrels have a lot of snap.
I prefer the Smith 586 4inch. It stops all except grizzlies.
Isn’t there another North Bend....in Oregon?
With any luck and a good load, .357 would stop a Grizzly too.
I saw an article here of FR which listed Grizzlies and Brown Bears in Alaska which had been killed with handguns.
I was surprised by how many were 9mm. Not that I would recommend it. Still it would probably do OK against a Cougar.
Yes, you want to hold your ground with cats, make noise, and look as big as possible.
On one of my encounters with a cougar at night while hiking to my survey point, I took my backpack off and lifted it above my head and growled. I had my buck knife ready in case it attacked, but it didn't. It just slowly sauntered off. So I continued on my merry way.
How about an 1858 Remington .44 caliber revolver—or better yet, a Hoodah gun. Double barrelled action and full of shotgun in a pistol fun. Developed to fend off the tigers that climbed up the side of an elephant to attack the riders. Yikes!
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