They say bikers noticed cougar chasing them, stopped and stood their ground. Cougar attacked one of the bikers even though he was doing all the right things. Then it attacked (fatally) another biker who ran.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/crews- ... /752771730
The article also has a link to "cougar incident" map for WA, where you can click on each incident and see what it was. Most are just reported sightings (one local sighting that doesn't appear on the map was cougar in Salmon Creek park last spring/early summer). One "incident" on the map was just east of downtown Vancouver, it was cougar approaching workers at night - they made noise and scared it away.Emergency crews responded around 11:20 a.m. Saturday to a mountain lion attack in foothills near North Bend.
Two mountain bikers were attacked. One was killed.
This is the first time a cougar has killed anyone in Washington State for nearly 100 years.
The injured biker, 31, was taken to Harborview for treatment of serious injuries. Hospital officials said Saturday afternoon he was awake and alert and is in satisfactory condition.