Anyone hear what the latest on the cougar attack on the trail?
i just read an account on reddit ( search " mountain lion attack reported reddit") where a guy claimed he was the one that was bitten, and that it was a large bobcat. There's a link to an excellent photo of a large local bobcat on the page.
I thought that might be the case...but I have never heard of a bobcat attack either.
Bobcats do attack people, though it not all that common. If they are sick or injured and you come up on them it can be a problem, especially if they feel cornered. If you type "Bobcat attacks" in your browser you get a lot of hits. The problem of course is weeding out the stories from actual occurrences.
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