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WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 9:24 am
by philip964
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/ ... 3Afacebook
The two mountain bikers did everything they were suppose to do. Did everything they could. But it attacked and killed one of them.
There must have been something wrong with the cougar.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 9:27 am
by SQLGeek
It evidently came from a broken home.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 10:32 am
by Paladin
Clearly we need to make it illegal for cougars to attack people.
God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
Genesis 1:26
Then the Massachusetts legislature came along and prevented these bicylist's from having the means to protect themselves. Sad.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 10:37 am
by apostate
Paladin wrote:Then the Massachusetts legislature came along and prevented these bicylist's from having the means to protect themselves. Sad.
I thought this happened near Seattle. WA is s "shall issue" stste, so if the cyclists chose to be prey, I don't blame the cougar for doing what comes naturally.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 10:40 am
by Paladin
apostate wrote:Paladin wrote:Then the Massachusetts legislature came along and prevented these bicylist's from having the means to protect themselves. Sad.
I thought this happened near Seattle. WA is s "shall issue" stste, so if the cyclists chose to be prey, I don't blame the cougar for doing what comes naturally.
My mistake. The article wasn't coming up for me and I assumed wrongly that it was Massachusetts (home of the Boston Globe).
One of the MA commenters stated: "more encounters with bears, showing up recently in Newton (last week) and Waltham (two seen roaming together last year) are a result of strong recovery of bear numbers here in Mass. Wildlife population rebounds have consequences."
So they are indeed having wildlife issues in Massachusetts as well.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 11:44 am
by Abraham
"So they are indeed having wildlife issues in Massachusetts as well."
There have been spotting's of Elizabeth Warren monsters all over the state and elsewhere...
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:00 pm
by ELB
If only there were tools for dealing with deadly attacks on one’s person.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:12 pm
by Allons
ELB wrote:If only there were tools for dealing with deadly attacks on one’s person.
You mean the tools they used to kill it after they tracked it down. Those tools sir, should only be issued to the Government.
Re: WA: Boston Globe reports on mountain bicylist killed by cougar
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:33 am
by philip964
Washington State has constitutional open carry. So maybe they didn't do everything they could have to protect themselves.