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Cougar Attack
Cougar in Washington State killed one and injured another yesterday .
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05-20-2018, 11:00 AM
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05-20-2018, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by artie
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Sad story, especially if one considers that the two people involved are described as friends. What kind of a pusillanimous schmuck turns his back on a friend who's being attacked by a wild animal and runs away?!
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05-20-2018, 02:21 PM
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I guess whenever and whoever heads to the hills these days should be prepared for the worst. They now recommend each person carry two cans of bear spray and practice mock encounters so you are ready. I thought in the states you can carry handguns or maybe not that state.
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05-20-2018, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by grouse_hunter
Sad story, especially if one considers that the two people involved are described as friends. What kind of a pusillanimous schmuck turns his back on a friend who's being attacked by a wild animal and runs away?!
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My thoughts exactly. Now the guy will have to live with being a coward forever. He'll either smarten up and start arming himself properly when heading into the wild or perhaps he'll never venture out into the woods again. Maybe the guilt will be too much an he'll eventually self-terminate? I can't imagine an instance where I'd leave a friend in that situation; it was the woods so there would have been trees, a fast scrounge for a stick to use as a weapon would be faster than cycling a few km to make a phone call. Heck, the bikes themselves would make for improvised weapons, or at the very least be used as a shield. These guys were underprepared and devoid of the mental tools to deal with adversity, when your answer to such a dire circumstance is to scurry away and call emergency services then you shouldn't be out there in the first place.
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Originally Posted by artie
I thought in the states you can carry handguns or maybe not that state.
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Washington is an open-carry State according to the Wikipedia entry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Washington
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05-20-2018, 03:10 PM
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How many here have been in this situation and can say without reserve they would stand and do something? Perhaps there was nothing to hit the cat with ? except throwing the bike at it, But whatever the situation was take a breath and be careful judging someone else about this attack , ,maybe the run away was handicapped who knows ? I like to think I would have stood my ground BUT i do not know the circumstances , therefore I refuse to judge!
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05-21-2018, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by parfleche
How many here have been in this situation and can say without reserve they would stand and do something? Perhaps there was nothing to hit the cat with ? except throwing the bike at it, But whatever the situation was take a breath and be careful judging someone else about this attack , ,maybe the run away was handicapped who knows ? I like to think I would have stood my ground BUT i do not know the circumstances , therefore I refuse to judge!
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x2. Lots of slef-described macho man types posting but not one of them knows what they'd do in the event of a wild animal attack. Same guys who would have run into the Florida school with their handguns to easily subdue the shooter I guess. Didn't Trump actually state that that's what HE would have done? 
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05-20-2018, 03:12 PM
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So sad
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05-20-2018, 11:01 AM
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It attacked one guy so his buddy came to his aid and ended up getting killed. Saw it on KOMO Seattle news this morning.
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05-20-2018, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Bushrat
It attacked one guy so his buddy came to his aid and ended up getting killed. Saw it on KOMO Seattle news this morning.
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Not quite what the report says.
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05-20-2018, 11:35 AM
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Never run from a cougar.
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05-20-2018, 11:44 AM
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Never run from a cougar.
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either species?
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05-20-2018, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Taco
either species?
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With the other species you excuse yourself to the washroom and hope it has a window to crawl out!
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05-20-2018, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sage 13
Not quite what the report says.
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Different news reports.
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05-20-2018, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Bushrat
Different news reports.
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Still haven't seen one as you described it.
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05-20-2018, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sage 13
Still haven't seen one as you described it.
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That's ok, I reported what they said at that time, they were reporting it as breaking news and would give more details as information became available. It was KOMO TV, Seattle. I didn`t memorize it word for word, perhaps you could call them and ask for a transcript if it's important to you. The announcer reporting the story said one biker was being mauled, the other biker came over presumably to help him, the cat left the original victim and attacked the second biker, the original injured attack victim then got to his bike and rode away for help. The second biker died, the original biker who was the first to be attacked was in hospital with serious injuries at that time. I don't make the news, stories change as more information comes to light. That was at 5:30 AM this morning Alberta time, 4:30 AM Seattle time.
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Cougar
The Coward friend is going to lived the horrific memory
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