Another cougar attack near Snoqualmie

[krusty]

Begin the cougar terror hysteria. I'd rather walk in a forest full of cougars than take a stroll in downtown Spokane.

The only dependably dangerous cougar is the old floozy sitting at the other end of the bar, winking at you with her hideously long false eyelashes.

 

[Scottybs]

Begin the cougar terror hysteria. I'd rather walk in a forest full of cougars than take a stroll in downtown Spokane.

The only dependably dangerous cougar is the old floozy sitting at the other end of the bar, winking at you with her hideously long false eyelashes.

Dude…. What you have described is pushing into saber tooth tiger territory… slowly back yourself out of the situation, don’t turn your back.

 

[FinLuver]

Begin the cougar terror hysteria. I'd rather walk in a forest full of cougars than take a stroll in downtown Spokane.

The only dependably dangerous cougar is the old floozy sitting at the other end of the bar, winking at you with her hideously long false eyelashes.

The kittens got claws…

 

[krusty]

Dude…. What you have described is pushing into saber tooth tiger territory… slowly back yourself out of the situation, don’t turn your back.

Sage advice!

If I had false teeth I'd take them out and lay them on the bar...risky move though; she might do likewise thinking I was commencing with a geriatric courtship ritual that's common to certain regions of Idaho, Florida and Appalachia.

 

[Stonedfish]

Cougar That Attacked Cyclist Was 75-pound Male; Carcass Sent To WSU Lab -

Fellow cyclists are being credited with bravely fending off a cougar attack in the upper Snoqualmie Valley Saturday that could have been far worse for a 60-year-old woman who was taken to the hospital after suffering head, jaw and neck injuries.

nwsportsmanmag.com

 

[krusty]

And isn't it about time for a shacknasties wolf thread? I miss Alex's European Superwolf threads from the old forum.

 

[Cliff]

There's a lot of cougars in the tree farm, also. That's where I saw my one cat. And I personally knew a Hi Laker and former fishing/hunting partner whose dog was attacked by a cougar while he was in his float tube. The dog survived, but had some pretty good punctures. Then there was that mountain biker killed by a cougar in the tree farm a few years ago.

 

[troutstalker]

There's a lot of cougars in the tree farm, also. That's where I saw my one cat. And I personally knew a Hi Laker and former fishing/hunting partner whose dog was attacked by a cougar while he was in his float tube. The dog survived, but had some pretty good punctures. Then there was that mountain biker killed by a cougar in the tree farm a few years ago.

There are a lot of cougars around North Bend, Snoqualmie and Carnation. I've seen two cougars on two separate occasions in these areas. I'm glad to hear that his dog was okay. The mountain biker was killed in 2018 by a three-year old male cougar.

 

[wanderingrichard]

WTF, O ??

 

[wanderingrichard]

Yeah but still, that’s some sh*t. Have you ever tried to “pin” a normal old housecat? Hard to imagine a friggin cougar, juvenile or not.

Hey, that was just stream of thought on my part.

 

[_WW_]

I would think that after an experience like that, being pinned and held for awhile, the kitten would have learned it's lesson about fucking with people. Probably no need to kill it.

 

[Sam Roffe]

That's what I was thinking. I doubt I could pin down our fat, old cat for more than 30 seconds without looking like I survived WW3.

I was on the loosing end of a house cat I was trying to pin down. Can’t imagine what it took to pin down that cougar.

 

[Billy]

Fun fact:

The greater Soap Lake region has some of the most dangerous cougars in the state.

 

[Peyton00]

Fun fact:

The greater Soap Lake region has some of the most dangerous cougars in the state.

How dangerous can they really be when they're missing most of their teeth?

 

[krusty]

How dangerous can they really be when they're missing most of their teeth?

A lot of people don't know that tooth brushes were invented in Soap Lake. Had it occurred anywhere else they'd be called 'teeth brushes'.

 

[SurfnFish]

each year we have multiple cougar sightings (and an occasional missing dog), so when on a bike ride that includes a fave trail loop through the forest, I carry a micro in a belly band. And routinely thumb my anti-cougar device when approaching likely ambush sites...

 

[krusty]

each year we have multiple cougar sightings (and an occasional missing dog), so when on a bike ride that includes a fave trail loop through the forest, I carry a micro in a belly band. And routinely thumb my anti-cougar device when approaching likely ambush sites...
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I regularly used a handlebar bell on my bicycle tour down the AlCan in 1999. Mostly to alert moose who love to browse in swampy roadside areas, but also bears...neither of which like to be surprised by the sudden arrival of a silent vehicle. A fair amount of bear research indicates that bears that have not been habituated to frequent human contact (usually by tourist idiots giving them treats from vehicles) most generally vamoose when they become aware of human intruders. I surprised several wolves who instantly vanished when they became aware of my presence.

 

[_WW_]

How dangerous can they really be when they're missing most of their teeth?

They might sit on you...

 

[SculpinSwinger]

I know nothing of Soap lake and it’s cougars, but I imagine face sitting is on the old cats agenda.

 

[Stonedfish]

Woman attacked by cougar released from hospital but has a 'long road to recovery'

Daughters of the 60-year-old woman who was attacked by a cougar while on a trail near Fall City, Saturday afternoon said she was back home from the hospital.

komonews.com