Fatal mountain lion attack Colorado

[Taudisio]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but a bunch of the recent responses around “the slide” make me feel like everyone is still hungover.

My condolences to the family of the decedent.

 

[justin davis]

I’m speculating but I think if a lion attacked you it would be quick and fast and you likely Wouldn’t be able to pull bear spray or a gun. I’ve seen where a lion attacked and killed a mule deer in the snow. There were hardly and marks from a struggle. Seemed to swift and easy for the cat. I think a cat would just surprise you and blast you from
Behind or have you by the throat before you knew it.


We had a boy get attacked in my neighborhood few years back. It was a young cat. And the kid lived because he dad rescued him but his face got destroyed.

I will say it’s a bummer that the lady died. But I also think back to last year when democrats were trying to ban Mtn lion hunting here in Colorado . Things like this are very rare but when they occur I think it helps to solidify the idea that we need hunting and management of these large predators.

 

[TaperPin]

I lose track of how many times it is repeated, especially for small adults and kids, to not hike alone in mountain lion country, but people ignore it. Mountain lions key in on smaller people and attack rates spike with single small running women or kids by themselves. It fits the stereotype of an easily preventable attack.

 

[RyanT26]

At least she died doing something she loved........





feeding stray cats.

This place is cold blooded today

 

[Hnthrdr]

Just saw an article about this, pretty wild, super sad for the lady and her family… getting mauled to death and potentially eaten partially alive would be awful, I know they kill by crushing the throat/ nasal cavity on ungulates not sure how it would work on person.

 

[Jimmy]

Are there any accounts of a person successfully fighting off an adult mountain lion attack? It happens with bears, don't remember hearing anything lion wise.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Don’t get me wrong, I am not glad this woman is dead. I’m sure her family is hurting and to them her death is a tragedy.

But once you are dead, you’re dead. It’s not like you retain any memories of the pain of death (unless that’s what Hell is). So, the manner of death doesn’t matter to me. If a mountain lion gets me while I am hiking or hunting, I will have died doing something I love.

And I can’t help but smile at the dark humor in this thread.

 

[prm]

They are getting thick. CPW got 4 in two days in my old neck of the woods. They had been killing goats.

 

[Kenn]

I lose track of how many times it is repeated, especially for small adults and kids, to not hike alone in mountain lion country. It fits the stereotype of an easily preventable attack.

I still believe that the drive to mt. lion country is more dangerous than the hike in mt. lion country.

 

[Kenn]

Are there any accounts of a person successfully fighting off an adult mountain lion attack? It happens with bears, don't remember hearing anything lion wise.

This is a long story but some women were bicycling and a cougar grabbed one of them by the head and they fought it off and held it down until someone came and killed it. It was a great article in the AARP magazine.

 

[Conrad101st]

I kind of like the fact that the wild is still wild.

I was bow hunting in the timber on the Kenai Peninsula Alaska and the thought of a bear that could maul you around every corner made me feel alive.

 

[Tobe_B]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but a bunch of the recent responses around “the slide” make me feel like everyone is still hungover.

I think this is the product of holidays in the middle of the week and guys are just plain bored.

 

[realunlucky]

No one should be making jokes when another human loses thier life no matter the circumstances.

 

[338edge]

I'm not sure I'd agree with that. If one does get successfully killed by a mountain lion, its almost certainly over in a matter of seconds from the time the attack is initiated. If given a choice, I'd take death by mtn lion over quite a few other options.

Wow. What an arrogant statement. You haven't spent much time in the woods

 

[Conrad101st]

Wow. What an arrogant statement. You haven't spent much time in the woods

I don’t know if it’s arrogant, but it’s a perspective. Beats knowing your airplane is going down on fire or being caught in a burning nightclub or having to jump from the World Trade Center.

 

[Fartrell Cluggins]

If you haven’t read The Beast in the Garden by David Barron, I highly recommend it.

Why?

 

[Fartrell Cluggins]

Two less lions on the mountain. The importance of carrying a good handgun.

Do we know she didn't have a good handgun? It's possible as stealthy as cats are that any one of us could be attacked without being able to press our sidearms into service.

 

[R boar]

Meh. Someone dying every few years from mountain lions is hardly newsworthy. While I completely support hunting them, I think it's funny when everyone goes all "SEE! This is why we need to hunt the cats!!!" It's about the tiniest, most insignificant danger around.

I enjoy living in an ecosystem that has wild animals and dangerous mountains. Sure beats the concrete jungle.

 

[Poser]

Wow. What an arrogant statement. You haven't spent much time in the woods

You're probably correct that I haven't spent much time in the woods. BUT, would it change your perspective at all if I told you I survived a Tiger shark attack?

 

[Fartrell Cluggins]

I lose track of how many times it is repeated, especially for small adults and kids, to not hike alone in mountain lion country. It fits the stereotype of an easily preventable attack.

It's ridiculous every time it is repeated.