"A woman was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack while she was hiking alone in the mountains of northern Colorado on Thursday, in what would be the first fatal attack by one of the predators in the state in more than 25 years, authorities said. Wildlife officers later in the day located two mountain lions in the area and fatally shot the animals, said Kara Van Hoose with Colorado Parks and Wildlife"
"Shortly before noon, two hikers encountered a mountain lion near the woman's body along a remote section of the Crosier Mountain trail, which is on a national forest. The hikers threw rocks at the animal to scare it from the immediate area so they could try to help the woman, Van Hoose said. One of the hikers was a physician who attended to the victim and did not find a pulse, she said."
An adult woman was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack while hiking alone in northern Colorado. The incident occurred south of Glen Haven, about seven miles northeast of Estes Park near the eastern entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. Two hikers discovered the woman's body and encountered a mountain lion nearby; they threw rocks to drive it off. One hiker, a physician, checked the victim and found no pulse. Wildlife officers located two mountain lions in the area and fatally shot the animals. The search for any additional mountain lions is ongoing. Mountain lion sightings are common in the remote, forested terrain, and the last suspected fatal attack in Colorado was in 1999.
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