a couple with two small children in a stroller and two small dogs. On a bike path in the Siera Nevada foothills.
That’s kinda like strolling through a bad neighborhood at night with dollar bills hanging out your pocket. Yes you can do that but actions have consequences.
Mountain lions eat mostly deer. But they do seem to like young children also. You should never see one or be able to get a shot off at one, they are ghosts. There was something very wrong with the animal to behave like that. Good thing it was put down.
Here is a great example of basic nature at work. Thank God for man made hardened glass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO56Ggeq0MQ