5 Cyclists Fight Off a Cougar With Their Bare Hands to Save a Friend Last month, on February 17, on the Tokul Creek Trail, just northeast of Fall City, Washington, a group of five women cyclists had to fight off a cougar for 45 minutes with nothing but rocks, sticks, and their bare hands. The cyclists, who were all in their 50s and 60s and part of the competitive Recycled Cycles Racing team, were […] Cycle Brent Thomas | March 20, 2024 0 Comments
8-Year-Old Girl Survives Mountain Lion Attack in Olympic National Park, WA At 6:30 PM on Saturday, July 29, Olympic National Park was notified that an 8-year-old child was attacked by a cougar while camping at Lake Angeles, which is in the Heart O’ the Hills area south of Port Angeles. The cougar casually abandoned its attack after being yelled and screamed at by the child’s mother. Park personnel quickly responded, and […] SnowBrains | July 31, 2023 0 Comments
2 Women Survive Mountain Lion Attack on Trail Near Salt Lake City, UT A woman and her friend were attacked by a mountain lion while trail running in Mill Creek Canyon, UT, on Sunday morning, Kolbie Peterson reports for the Salt Lake Tribune. Related: Colorado Man Killed Mountain Lion with Bare Hands When He was Attacked While Trail Running The pair were running along the Pipeline Trail when they turned the corner and […] SnowBrains | September 26, 2022 3 Comments
Metallica Frontman Contacts Woman Who Blasted Metallica Music to Scare Off Cougar Metallica frontman James Hetfield has reached out to a fan after learning she used his group’s music to scare off a cougar. Dee Gallant, a Vancouver Island resident, hit the news last month when she thanked the guys from Metallica for saving her life after she fended off a wild cougar by blasting their 1991 song ‘Don’t Tread on Me’. […] SnowBrains | August 15, 2019 0 Comments
Cougar Attack Suspected In The Death Of An Oregon Hiker According to New York Daily News, the body of a missing hiker was found on Monday in Oregon’s Mt. Hood National Forest. Diana Bober, 55, was found on the edge of the Hunchback Trail after she went missing on hike that she embarked on August 29th. Her out-of-state family reported her missing after they failed to contact her. Diana last spoke with her […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 13, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Oregon Woman Finds Mountain Lion Hanging out Behind her Couch Check out this Facebook post from Lauren Taylor, who found a mountain lion hanging out in her front room in Oregon. The kitty seemed super relaxed, had a 6-hour nap, and then left quietly. Lauren seems to have made a deep connection with this wild animal, communicating through eye-blinks and telepathy. She managed to send the creature pictures of its escape […] Steven Agar | July 28, 2018 0 Comments
Mountain Biker Killed and Friend Injured by Cougar in Extremely Rare Attack Near Snoqualmie, WA Two friends riding their bikes in a mountainous, wooded area of Washington State on Saturday morning were attacked by a cougar, which killed one of them in the state’s first such fatality in more than 90 years, the New York Times reports. The authorities said the two cyclists saw the cougar, a 100-pound male, in pursuit and one of them […] SnowBrains | May 21, 2018 0 Comments
Eastern Cougar Officially Declared Extinct | No Sightings for 80-Years The eastern cougar has just been declared officially extinct. This Monday the eastern cougar was removed from the Endangered Species Act, of which it had been on since 1973, and declared extinct, reports iflscience.com. It is thought the last one was likely shot by hunters in 1938. The big cat (Puma concolor cougar) used to populate the forests, mountains, and grasslands […] Steven Agar | January 26, 2018 1 Comment
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