A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks.
Colorado has a few thousand mountain lions, but a mountain lion attack on a human is rare, and a fatality – like the woman who died in a suspected attack Thursday in Larimer County – is even rarer.
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A 32-year-old trail runner was taken to a hospital after he said he was attacked and had to kill a mountain lion at Horsetooth Mountain Park west of Fort Collins Monday ...
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A 32-year-old trail runner was taken to a hospital after he said he was attacked and had to kill a mountain lion at Horsetooth Mountain Park west of Fort Collins Monday ...
An open space in Northern Colorado has reopened to hikers after officials temporarily closed the area following reports of a mountain lion encounter. Larimer County Natural Resources says they ...