'100% saved their friend's life': Cyclists bravely defend against cougar attack on trail
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- Five cyclists were attacked by a cougar while on a trail near Fall City Saturday afternoon.
A 60-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries to her face, neck, and jaw, according to the WDFW. The woman has since been released from the hospital.
“It jumped from the side of the road and latched onto her, and her friends were able to detach and fight this thing off," said Sgt. Carlo Pace, with the WDFW Police.
"They 100% saved their friend's life," said Pace. “They were able to pin down a good size lion with its claws and teeth and everything else under a mountain bike until we arrived.”
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"there are cougars within 2 miles of your location looking to meet NOW"
Those are men acting like women to rip you off. Just as dangerous as a cougar.
😂😂😂
Thankfully there's no video because no one stood around filming instead of helping. Great work.
KNOW WHAT WOULDA BEEN REAL SMART? THIS IS AMERICA!
2A ALL DAY! IF U ARE IN THE WOODS OUR INNER CITY YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR CCW PISTOL ON U AT ALL TIMES! THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS IN THE WOODS & CITY!!!!!!!!!!!
" The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the PEOPLE; that they may exercise it by THEMSELVES; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times ARMED. "
~Thomas Jefferson letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824
So you think that the millions of Californians that walk in the trails need to carry guns to protect themselves from mountain lions?
California mountain lion attacks on humans are extremely rare.
Approximately 20 confirmed attacks have occurred in the state over a century of record-keeping.
Only three of these attacks were fatal.
Yeah, I was stalked by a cougar for many hours. It was circling and watching me. When the club closed I was able to get home safely.
This is exactly why I don’t step foot onto a trail without hiking with my bear spray. Not saying it will prevent every attack, but I prefer the odds of having it holster ready rather than being caught lacking. Protect your neck.
I encountered a cougar mtn. biking uphill. You want to look as big as possible and not run away. I got off my bike, held my windbreaker jacket in one hand outstretched and my bike in the other and walked towards the cougar. It ran away. I did walk for a half mile that way.
Wow! 👏
Walked towards it?..man you are super brave 👏..probably confused it tbh
Sure. Don't believe fake people but, sure.
@@rufaisani6148correct. It has to distinguish between predator and prey.
Aren't you suppose to stare them down too? I think someone told me she did that.
Oh, man I thought this was another kind of cougar. I was about to go out there and ride my bike with my shirt off while flexing my muscles 😅
😁
That might also work, here
They pinned down a cougar with a bike!? That some adrenaline rush!
That's completely unrealistic and I'd say impossible too. Wtf !!
THEY
@@b_uppy Not even 10 people would be able to do it !!!!
@@radiocontrolled9181
Likely the cat picked the 60YO because it was in poor health. Between that and the adrenaline of the companions it's possible...
@@radiocontrolled9181How big do you think mountain lions are??
The only real problem with cougars is that once you see them it's too late. They'll stalk and won't be seen until they want to be seen. I used to hear the females sending out mating calls and get the shivers. They're so close to us at all times.
Yeah cougars' experience makes it worth the time
And that's a problem for who ?
@@shelbymcmahan103 It is not a problem for the cat.
a Cougar will always retreat if you confidently challenge it. They are wired to stalk prey and avoid conflict. Be conflict. Not prey. Problem solved.
@@ZennExile What you say could be true most of the time, but it always depends on the individual animal ans situation. Cycling is dangerous because on a bike you can never be the 'conflict'. You will always be the 'prey'. You are much better off on foot so you can face them and challenge them.
But that doesn't work in some cases. They are stealthy, and will always know where you are before you know where they are. They are very fast ambush predators. They can drop on you from trees, and will usually try to attack from behind, so you always need to be keenly aware at all times to avoid those potential situations. But usually, they don't see humans as prey. This is why attacks are so rare.
But there are a few situations where even if you are facing them, they may not back down. One of those could be a female with kittens nearby. Most real attacks on humans come from younger adolescent cats that are just starting to hunt on their own, and elder cats that may have become too slow or weak to bring down a deer with ease. They will get desperate for food and hunt easier prey such as penned in human owned livestock, human pet dogs or cats, and occasionally, humans themselves.
Cougar made her move after some white wine and Barry White music.
Al Greene.
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@@rrtds9378
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Always carry a firearm whenever you enter the forest. Only a fool goes in without a weapon.
I'm too old to get attacked by a cougar
😂😂😂😂
Trust me, everybody is.
What's the right age, I must wonder?
@@finaloption...
They mean the other kind of cougar...
I dated a cougar for a few months, until I finally realized, she was really a "cheat-ah"! 🤔😳
Be interested to know if the second one was also only about 6 months old sibling or a adult (mother), a six month old attacking a target that large in a group is really strange.
Actually, it's often the younger cats that are dangerous, since they don't really understand humans.
Am I the only thinking…why did they have to kill the cougar?
Yes.
If you think this then you’re letting emotions override reality. If an animals attacks once then it will attack again since it’s a learned behavior.
@@timg7627 Let's hope you are the only one. Pretty sure you are.
@@badgerrrlattin35 what??
@@timg7627 did you hear about the california pitbull breeder that got overrun by his pack of pits? They said they were going to test which dogs took part in it and they go sleepy time. I think they should all be downed because of the learned behavior. But it sounds like the remaining pits may be put back into circulation. Maybe with small children too.
They WILL stalk you! I've had it happen to me! I moved down the road about 1 mile away and that cougar still found me and watched and stalked me .... I knew it was there all along although I did not see it I knew it was big and knew it was there.... You could hear it... Moved one day, and boom there it was again. Until one afternoon I had my back to the open and cleaning my car . And heard sticks snapping turned around and I saw it face to face after months of this.. it looked at me... Showed me his body looked and gave this "Hissing growl". It heard a truck coming up the gravel road, it looked and jumped off the retaing wall.. and trotted off away from the house! What a Beautiful Animal though... It must have been about 200 or so lbs and a long thick tail. Am I Lucky , Yes! I believe God was watching....!
Do you believe God was not watching the other day, when this attack happened?
(Serious question)
@@SteveKasian He knows everything going on and uses his creation for valuable lessons in life.
😢why kill the cougar ??. prohibited to cycle in the mountains would be the appropriate thing to do. We have gyms in the city stay out of their habitat 😡😡😡😡😡
That was a close shave for sure! I had something very similar happen to me. I learned from experience to:
1. Not let them close distance on you. Once they get close they coil around and rub their pheromones on you and the next thing you know you're waking up in an unfamiliar bedroom.
2. Do not make eye contact and do not give them any compliments. Even innocent remarks can encourage them to pounce on you.
3. Make it abundantly clear that you are in a committed relationship.
4. If all else fails, tell the cougar that they remind you of your grandma. Be prepared to call animal control though as this often results in a sobbing cougar collapsing on your driveway
Y'all don't own guns????
The cougars parents should be held accountable!
Nope it did exactly as what it was raised to do. Hunt and or defend itself territory. They were born with tools to be able to protect themselves like claws and teeth. Just as humans have the ability to protect themselves with certain tools.
@@JSJTOUTDOORS You really took this comment literally?
@@jeanssotight7778 😂 I’m comparing this with children today. The cats parents raised it to do what it was put here for and that is to hunt and survive. Parents today don’t actually parent their children and the children act like wild animals. No I don’t think the cats parents are responsible lol .
It's not just the habitat of cougars, it's our habitat, too! I bet their mom died, leaving the 2 cubs to fend for themselves. A sad situation all the way around.
We have most of the planet and cougars have a very small and continuously shrinking habitat. We need birth control!
@@andyroubik5760 World population has more than doubled since 1970. Humans are a scourge on the Earth. Predators can’t outdo us now. Our only attrition is from human generated wars, gangs, disease, etc.
@@andyroubik5760 I used to think like you when I was young, but I'm old and I realize how huge Earth is and how large the Cascade Mountain range is! I used to live in Carnation and cougars encroached over the years due to easy, fast food like pet goats, llamas and even a pig! Cougars have plenty of room. They are all tagged and I don't think there's that many left in the cascades to be honest with you.
@@andyroubik5760I guess we’re the only species you think should hate itself.
@@motrock93b No.Just control itself! Humans are magnificent! As all creatures are!
My granddaughter was at school recess in the Denver area a few years ago. A boy went to a teacher to complain that there was an animal in the tube slide and it wouldn't let him go down. Teacher checks it out and was a large male mountain lion. They think he was out hunting at night and took refuge in the slide at daybreak.
I wonder if cyclists are at greater risk as they might trigger the prey instinct in these cats as cyclists move fast - as fleeing prey would.
Yes, and they aren't as aware as hikers.
Cougar says " you are trespassing, get out of my backyard", I have long nails..
Cougar says “I’m hungry”
Sounds like the cougar stalked them and attacked what it considered the most vulnerable prey, an elderly 60 yr. old woman. Wonder if she was also the last rider, trailing the pack of bikers at a distance far enough to increase her vulnerability.
wear a helmet with a face covering. I hope they look to see if the cougar had any cubs, so they can help the Cubs.
It was a cub
The cougar in the thumbnail looking like " and ima doit again too!!"😂😂😂😂😂
"Going fast" is a trigger for prey animals, as is looking weak...
Wild is wild. Always expect encounters with animals in their natural habitat.
It’s our habitat too. It’s very important from a health standpoint for people to spend time in nature. We just need to always be aware that it’s a shared habitat. I hope this lady will be okay. I’m glad she was out enjoying life, and I hope she’ll be able to resume her biking very soon.
I am just as much a product of the environment as the cougar. What do you thing humans were planted here by aliens or something?
@@PeaceIsYeshuaThe use of the word "habitat" in this instance means that the area is the natural home of mountain lions. Where they live, hunt and breed. It's *not* "our habitat too" because we don't live there. Spending time in a certain space doesn't make that space your habitat.
@@eeroala5132 Always a Cretan….🤦♀️
@@PeaceIsYeshua Actually it isn’t your habitat.
Just cause it needs to be said, the threat of wild life will never equal the threat of your fellow man.
Another important fact cougars attack mountain bikers almost exclusively, with rare exception, and you can maybe count the amount of attacks in a century on your hands. In other words, pretty rare event.
Also maybe if we built better communities that accepted wildlife exists, we wouldn't have these concerns in the first place. Sad truth is I think a big part of humanities problem is we have lost a healthy fear of nature.
We are in their world....its unfortunate for the incident however the cougar was doing what they do hunting .
Yet we turn around and kill the poor animal because we invaded them.
Damn shame
Their world? Pray tell, how did we get to their world? Were we aliens, lost on an excursion?
It couldn't possibly be our world, too.
Either we all evolved here and are as much a part of the natural environment as any other animal, or we are God's creation and have authority over animals.
Whichever you choose, it's still our world, too.
It was a 6mo old kit that they held for wildlife officers to unalive.
So it was just out playing? 6mo kitty!! Assholes!!
It was a 6mo old KITTEN! I mean they aren't small, but news making it sound like a band of heroes summoned and combined their strengths to defeat some mythological 800lb ice age saber-tooth.
They were older and those cats are extremely fast and ferocious so what you’re saying isn’t accurate
Ever try to get a housecat into a carrier for a trip to the vet? This was an 80 .lb "kitten".
I've seen enough fight out of a measly house cat to know even a 6 month old Mountain Lion could do PLENTY of damage.
Always the one person who has to state the obvious, about us being in their space. No shyte, Charlene!
I mean it did happen on Cougar Mountain. Biking through the mountain they just looked like prey. Maybe they should pick a better place to do this?
Glad it didn't happen on Grizzly mountain...
@@GiantTalkingTree Yeah. Cycling is even more dangerous than hiking, because with cycling you are always going to be moving away from them which will trigger the chase response. If you are in a group and on foot, you are less likely to be attacked, because you can turn and face them. They are not as likely to attack when you are facing them, and especially if you are in a group.
@@Dr.PepperdaveOr shark mountain.
@@GiantTalkingTree I agree. It's not like the bikers were strolling along enjoying the scenery- they can bike somewhere that the cougars are NOT. OR- they need to make noise- because THEY WERE in the environment of where cougars live. Common sense.
But the Vegans said wildlife is kind to eachother...
I grew up near where this happened. For atleast 20 yrs there has been a sign warning people to watch for cogurs as it has a high cogur population and has for as long as I can remember. It's not that shocking they were attacked in an area where they biked past a sign telling people to be careful. The town uo from Fall City (Carnation) has even had trouble with cogurs in town, stalking children at the elementary school.
"Say fellaas, let's go bike riding in the forest, completely unarmed!!! What could possibly go wrong?!!"
My coastal town's bar is crawling with them.
😂 thanks
Cats or nasty cyclists?
Oops... You said bar... Got it.
😂😎
What town are you in asking for a friend,no seriously
Bike trails in the woods are notorious for cougar attacks. It isn't uncommon at all. All it takes is a hungry cougar seeing lunch go by.
Never go hiking/riding without an equalizer.
About 10 years ago here in the Bay Area, hiking on a popular trail, an older adult retired professor and spouse were attacked by a mountain lion, the animal latched on to the husband’s neck. The wife tried beating the cougar with a branch, the blows had no effect. Finally out of desperation she grabbed a pen from her
partner’s pocket and stabbed the cougar in the eye. It released her husband and ran off.Hospitalized and treated they survived. Pen mightier than the sword cliches ensued.
It probably never occurs to any of those smart nature lovers to carry a sidearm.
My thought exactly.
Carry laws are probably different in Washington.... unsurprisingly.
I've had a Washington State carry permit for years and years@@crispy6311
@@crispy6311 WA is open carry.
Not every American is comfortable with carrying a firearm
Who manufactured the Cougar? They should be blamed. It was first introduced in 1966. Cougars don't kill people people, drivers do.
🚗 honk honk
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Mercury motors......they created the monster and now their gone.
Not one videotape by the group? No selfies ? Who are these people?
They were busy saving their friend. Obviously not millennials.
Cougar..." Stop riding bikes on my yard!"
The speed that bicycles travel at resembles a running Deer ..
God bless these heroes!!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤❤ Praying for everyone injured.
If you are out in the wild without a weapon . . .
You're a normal person in the outdoors. Only the paranoid and criminals carry serious weapons in the wild. Unless you're in brown or polar bear territory, there's no need. More likely to be shot by your own firearm than offer any self protection.
BE YOUR OWN FIRST RESPONDER, NO PHONE CALL NEEDED.
There was that one story about a guy that got attacked by a cougar and he reached down it's throat and started grabbing, ripped it's tongue out. While not the most efficient plan, it does have this "So you want to use your mouth on me? I'm going to use me on your mouth" kind of F-U attitude that I can appreciate.
In animal kingdom's perspective. Cyclists intruded upon a lone cougar 🐈 minding his own business. Cougar 🐈bravely fought back despite being outnumbered. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴 🐈
Carry, bear spay, an air horn, a hand taser, or gun when in their domain... something. We are prey in the wilderness. Traveling in groups or at least pairs reduces a predatory attack and saved this woman's life.
I love when they say "their environment". Humans have been on earth just as long. I'm always have protection in any environment.
The big difference there I guess is that the Cougars environment has been shrinking continuously as ours has been growing continuously. Obviously we are the species out of control
@@andyroubik5760 The world was created for us, not for squirrels and cougars. If you think we are out of control though, you should tear down your house and plant a grove of trees there. You can live in one of them when they get big enough.
@@andyroubik5760 Humans are the alpha predators, it is the way of nature
That is not true. The cougar population has been growing while the US has experienced a birthrate below replacement. Our population would have decreased without illegal imagration.
@@Followme556 Oh, dear. 🥱 Religious folk seem fo be the most uninformed. Unfortunately, their brains seem to be teflon coated against science. Bless your little heart.
Glad the woman is recovering, but it never would have happened if each of the cyclists had been carrying their own cougar.
❤❤❤ God's Green Earth is changing, the people are changing and unfortunately, the wild animals have already started to change, but domesticated are just beginning to change. Earth is constantly changing to accommodate high populations of people, both locally and regionally, so beware of the Predators because they have the most to loose.❤❤❤
If the attacks are "Rare" why do we keep hearing about them! Be aware
Rare is how cougars like their meat. Oaf!
Is Washington a carry state? That would help greatly!!
There was a litter of 3 cougars born last year in Hobart. The mother and cubs have been seen over the past year from Hobart to Snoqualamie to North Bend. The mother would have left the young not long ago and has come back to have another litter. The issue is an Iraqi man in the US on visa bought the property with the 150 year old protected wildlife preserve and refused to honor the protected area. He cut down the preserve and chased more than 80 elk out along with all the other animals living there. That preserve was the food source for these cougars. Now hungry the yearlings are attacking people along with the mother taking calves, goats, and sheep in the area. What this man did broke State laws and was a Federal Felony.
B.S. THE FIRST THING THE GAME COMISSION SHOULD SAY IS. THIS IS AMERICA! CARRY YOUR PISTOL AT ALL TIMES! ESPECIALLY IF U GO INTO WOODS OR INNER CITY! THERE ARE WILD ANIMALS OUT THERE!!!!
"The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the PEOPLE; that they may exercise it by THEMSELVES; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times ARMED. "
~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824
5 Mountain Bikers Racing Through the Trails Startled Mama Cougar so Badly She lashed Out to Protect Her Young. There, I fixed your title.
Best comment here.
I love it people are like be mindful respectful of the environment and the animals but when one of them does what animals does we kill it?
Meals on wheels !
So they weren't even carrying bear spray. Darwin at it's finest. 😮
My bear spray tends to spray lead.
If you are unarmed, you are dependent. We value independence here.
People who go out into the territory of wild animals, need to be aware and prepared. There are many cougars where I live, some in the woods just a block away. The young cougar was likely doing nothing more than looking for dinner. Of course it is horrendous that the lady was hurt, it is also tragic, that the cougar lost its. life, she is fortunate her friends were able to help.
Kitties are hungry.
Why they gotta kill it for? Lame.
Cyclists are vulnerable because you’re moving quickly and can stalk you generally from above… You will never see them. I am not surprised. These women stepped in to help their cycling companion… Mountain biking, ladies are bad ass💪🏻.
Came for the story, stayed for the "cougar" comments 😁!
Someone is not telling the whole truth here, in my opinion. A young animal does not just jump out of the woods to attack 5 moving bikes. Make these women tell the truth!
We have wolves here too, my scariest experience, with my 4 dogs, was with wolves, not a cougar. I never could see one during the attempted "attack", just something out of the corner of my eye, but they were surrounding us, I felt like we were lucky to survive, although maybe they were just curious or playing with us ⁉️ But I saw one of them, from that pack, the next day, and I've never seen anything in the wild that was so huge. My daughter saw it in a trap a few weeks later, from a hot air balloon❣️😢
We had a cougar in our town, a few years back, and we would see it anytime we went to one particular dog walking place between a low income apartment complex, and a freeway. My Wiemeranger loved to chase it, she was very aggressive toward it.
First time ever I saw it's face, lol, it was dark & I was walking dogs per usual, and I just saw very very large glowing eyes, thinking it was an injured deer, I approached to know how to help. The dogs were downwind and ahead of me on our usual route, I had a flashlight, and I was walking very slowly toward it, but, when l got within 4 yards, all the hair on my body stood up and I became terrified, at a gutteral level, and I backed away, slowly. When l got home my husband said, "were the eyes both visible"? And i said "yes", & he said "like a happy face drawing"? I said "yes", and he said "it was a predator".
I called state wildlife management when l saw coming from a trash bin the next week, in predawn hours, but they said there were no cougars in our state. The very next day on the front page of the hometown paper, was a picture of one eating road-kill less than a mile from where we would see it.
We saw it several more times, and found its habitat. My Weirmeranger almost caught it once...don't know what would have happened if she actually had, but I read up on self defense and it's not hard to fend one off, altho my dogs were my best defense.
1:26 Two out of shape cyclists in denial believing that they won't get attacked by a another cougar lurking on the trail.
They make good pets especially raised when as young kittens. Cheetahs are better cats domesticated and can be trained to go after bad criminals as they are quite fast animals.
What works really well against attacks? The 2nd amendment!
We are impinging on their home and environment. I don’t believe in killing these beautiful animals. Tranquilize and return them to their home. BTW, I am a hiker and would not want a cougar killed.
Dated a cougar once. They can indeed be quite vicious when they get on you.
That's a bad Mr Kitty
(1:25) "....try and make noise". Huh?? Making noise will only attract more cougars. It wasn't a mother bear with cubs that got startled and attacked them, it was a cougar that was STALKING them. Making noise is not going to help in this situation; if anything, it will only alert them to your presence.
Six people involved and no one had the proper tool to deal with a cougar. 🤔 Sad.
Sounds like it was a mother and cub, rare for it to attack 5 cyclists like that. God bless the friends who helped save their friend. People, especially with children and pets, should not be hiking in there, the wildlife is in those woods, very dangerous.
It is a shared habitat, not theirs. Humans are native to all continents except Antarctica. We need to understand what they do and be prepared with proper protection in case they attack. A friend of mine was confronted by a lion and she scared the animal off with an airhorn. Other friends carry bear spare, knives, or concealed weapons. The animal is deciding that one of you will die, be wise.
I was already packing to move there, when it became clear that it was not a female human cougar who attacked. So disappointing.
I have a picture of a good sized healthy looking cougar (better than a starving or injured one, this one looked well fed) taken by my trail camera from about 150 yards from where I type this. My rural property has a treed area by a stream, and I ride my bike or walk it daily. The time/stamp on the picture shows the cougar following my 10 pound dog and I up the trail, 10 minutes behind us. This was a couple years ago, and after we spotted it one day, surprised it, about 75' away. We all froze for a second, that Spike charged it...., the cougar freaked and ran off, with the dog chasing it out of sight, even though i was calling him back. The lucky bastard came back about 10 minutes later, untouched, acting all cocky. Since then I make a bit of noise when riding or walking the trail. Still damn spooky to think about.
Good. Cancel bicycles. Much too dangerous
...or at least require the purchase of a government permit. We can't have the wrong person owning a bicycle.
Unfortunately we are treading into their homes. And we cannot fault them for protecting their environment. God bless all involved. Prayers for strength and healing
I assure you that a predator like a mountain lion isn't protecting its environment from humans. It's stalking them for a meal.
African lions run like hell from Baboon troops too! They KNOW, primates in number, can spell disaster for them!
No, they're just stupid.
Impordant is not a word.
'woman'? zero biologists were interviewed.
Yeah, what's a woman?
Make noise? 😂 That’s a dinner bell. It’s not an effing bear!!!
Nearby in Florida the panthers have made such a come back they are having lots of kittens and attracting many tourists along the long nature trails.
My granddaughter and partner were camping in a fish & wildlife camp and attacked by a mother panther with her cub. Jaret always brings a small firearm when camping and he fired over the panther's head, as that is the normal thing. This was in the middle of the night and the panther continued to prowl around the tent, ignoring the sleeping dogs and sniffing for the humans. Finally Jaret was able to chase the cat off and my granddaughter was able to run to the truck and lock herself in with the dogs. But Jaret was alone with the big cat and the two of them played cat & mouse for 4 hours as he would turn off his flashlight only to see her charging again. Finally the cat gave up and left with her cub.
They called everybody in govt....fish & wildlife, the state, the police, the park...and nobody would touch it because the big cats are now a huge tourist attraction. The Florida panther is much the same as the puma out west. I would advise anyone going on those long hikes to carry a small firearm. These cats are having healthy kittens all over Florida.
Puma is what they call it in Central & South American. "Out west" we call it a mountain lion. And they're just looking for food. They don't know any better. They don't know it's a camp ground. They're just hungry.
".. shot over his head ..." well, that's the 1st mistake. Wild animals hear loud thunder and noises all the time, it don't scare them none... ☆
And thank God the Florida panther is making a comeback.
The tourists need to stay the hell away from the wildlife here in Florida .
I'd would advise someone to go walk somewhere else.
Cut the wildlife a break. They need places to live as well. Obviously the cougar was starving to take a chance against 5 men.
Wasn't the second one smaller & likely an offspring? Mother was just protecting her baby from a threat.
if a man is being attacked the women run. if a woman is being attacked is a man legally obligated to fight a cougar ? no
Walked up on 2 mountain lions stalking an elk herd in my back yard in 2019. I was with my German shepherd. Had a couple of run ins that winter but never attacked. Was this a young male? A human on a bicycle can mimic an elk or a deer.
I'm so weary of felines from years of attacks. Caught off guard when attacked by sabor tooth .
Bear spray it's not just for bears anymore.
I ride an older mountain bike without suspension so it's pretty light. In the past I've had to defend myself and only had a bicycle which worked great but these were humans and not an animal like here so having a deterrent like spray or a noise maker like my zip tube that fires blanks which I mounted next to the shifter for the rear derailleur would be a good idea.
So how long have you been firing blanks ?
Should you really be admitting this...
Please Remember that They were here First!!!😢😢
maybe its good that one got away and learned from the experience. and passes it down. its not the animals forest , they just happen to be there just like the bikers , the mycology is more important imo. nobody was happy the woman got attacked , just like no one was happy about the cougars demise . but to split hairs on whats wrong and right is bogus imo , every civilization from onset depends upon their go getters , as they do the cautious , never all eggs in one basket.
And bears probably be waking-up early this year too...and wolverines? Would a stun gun help? Or, bear spray handy?
People need to cycle where there’s no cougars they’re encroaching on their territory and that is why this is happening shut those trails off and give it to the cougars
Thank you for your content. Was it very young,old or just poor condition?
Don't be surprised that when you invade their territory they defend it. Take responsibility for your own actions.
Why people go into the forrest without a firearm will always be a question i will have
Maybe we aren’t supposed to expect good outcomes when we enter the wilderness. I wish her the very best. Horrifying.