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1 dead, 1 injured after mountain lion attack on mountain bikers near North Bend
KOMO NEWS ^ | 19 Nay 2018

Posted on 05/19/2018 6:32:44 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A man is dead and another was taken to Harborview Medical Center on Saturday afternoon after a highly unusual fatal mountain lion attack near North Bend east of Seattle in the Cascades... The mountain lion was tracked and killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at komonews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; maul; searchisyourfriend; wildlife
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1 posted on 05/19/2018 6:32:44 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Related...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3656583/posts


2 posted on 05/19/2018 6:37:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA/KAG!!!)
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SO? And 40 people will be shot in Chicago this weekend. Which is more serious news?


3 posted on 05/19/2018 6:44:46 PM PDT by entropy12 (1 Mil Daca is the shining object to hide 30 mil low quality LEGAL immigrants in last 25 years)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

This one is about a mountain lion.
Your FR link is about a cougar.

Cougars are thought to be more fun.


4 posted on 05/19/2018 6:45:32 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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The man who survived said he had his entire head in the mountain lion's mouth,

We took the kids to a wildlife refuge that had some cougars. We followed the owner as he feed them. He took a couple of frozen chickens and tossed them over the fence. The sound of those two cougars chomping down on what was essentially the same size as a human head - that REALLY gave me the creeps. I can still hear the crunch.

5 posted on 05/19/2018 6:45:41 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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here’s an idea, DON’T GO WHERE MOUNTAIN LIONS LIVE!

Because of HUMAN STUPIDITY the Lion was tracked down and killed? Why? HE / SHE was doing what WILD animals do.

Stuff like this just pi$$es$ me off.

I don’t want to be around sharks soooo I don’t go swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.


6 posted on 05/19/2018 6:52:40 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: entropy12

Now, if you had a documentary on cougars up at their Northside watering holes... That might be considered FR Clickbait.

Southside? Would a black cougar be called a panther?


7 posted on 05/19/2018 6:52:46 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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When mountain lion were extirpated from their former range it was “unusual” for attacks simply because they didn’t exist. Anybody tells you it is unusual for a mountain lion to attack humans is misinformed. We humans may not be their first choice, but this notion that it’s somehow rare is nonsense. Again, it is rare to be attacked if there aren’t any around, but that’s not quite the same thing is it?

I recall reading of a deadly attack from a couple years ago and the article actually said “authorities are searching for a motive for the attack”. This is the idiocy normal people have to deal with these days.


8 posted on 05/19/2018 6:56:01 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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The liberals in Washington banned the use of dogs to hunt cougars/ mountain lions a long time ago. They have eaten most of the animals that is a normal part of their diet.

Cougars have no natural predators, so the population has grown far beyond sustainability.

Not trying to be hateful, but I hope these two were liberals who supported the ban n the use of dogs in hunting cougars.


9 posted on 05/19/2018 7:03:10 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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Two other mistakes these fellows made.

Going in to Cougar Country unarmed. At least they should have taken hunting knives.

Abandoning their partner. They should have put up an united front against the lion. Defending each other both might have survived.

First one ran then the other. The first to run died.

10 posted on 05/19/2018 7:03:58 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Some of us see what you did there  ;-)
11 posted on 05/19/2018 7:08:48 PM PDT by tomkat
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I really enjoyed the picture of the cougar on the other FR thread. Being so old that I CAN outrun the cougars interested in me is depressing. A roller blader or bicycle rider has to look a lot like the red dot from a laser pointer to a mountain lion. My cats love the damn red dot. But I don’t run from them either. But they know I carry all the time. They are cats not stupid. The mountain lion is the largest of the feline that purr. I don’t know if cougars do or not, I’d like to say I do but never got that close to rub the cougars belly.


12 posted on 05/19/2018 7:18:49 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Carry, practice, pray it don't happen. You ain't carrying you lose automtically.)
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That’s easy for you to say. Mountain lions live all around me. Never seen one though.


13 posted on 05/19/2018 7:20:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Another reason to carry firearms.


14 posted on 05/19/2018 7:21:27 PM PDT by wastedyears (Americans are dreamers too.)
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When I was a kid I read a lot of Bambi propaganda portraying the Mountain Lion as a shy animal avoiding humans... never attacking them etc right... O am sure this is not as rare as they say it is


15 posted on 05/19/2018 7:37:08 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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You are absolutely right. 22lr shoot the rider your with or if hiking the person you re hiking with in the tire or foot it depends ya know? If the hiker or rider you’re with is your significant other kiss her/him goodbye before leaving the car in the parking lot. Then peddle/run like hell. Do not let the other person borrow your 22.


16 posted on 05/19/2018 7:40:37 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Carry, practice, pray it don't happen. You ain't carrying you lose automtically.)
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Cats have a pursuit mechanism. If they see movement, they leap. Bikers and joggers make yummy targets.


17 posted on 05/19/2018 7:48:00 PM PDT by lurk
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wow, some really stupid comments on this thread.


18 posted on 05/19/2018 7:54:12 PM PDT by Professional
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Do you know anything about the area? I do. Stfu.


19 posted on 05/19/2018 7:55:44 PM PDT by Professional
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Wow, some really stupid comments on this thread.

Difficult for all of us to be above the average.

All the fun ones went to the cougar thread, mountain lion threads, not so much.


20 posted on 05/19/2018 8:01:48 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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