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The King County Sheriff’s Office says the two mountain bikers were attacked along a trail Saturday morning in North Bend, Washington. One man was pronounced dead at the scene, and another one was taken to a nearby hospital. The victims have not been identified.
The suspected animal was killed.
The men fought it off once, swinging their bikes and the cougar ran back in the woods, Myers told the affiliate.
The man who survived said he had his entire head in the cougar’s mouth, but his friend ran away and the animal chased him, officials told KOMO.
The Sheriff’s Office said the survivor was able to ride two miles for reception to call 911. When Wildlife officials arrived at the scene, they found the cougar standing over the dead man’s body. The animal ran away after they shot it, but they later tracked it down and killed it.
Authorities said this is the second cougar attack death in Washington state in the past 100 years.
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