"POSSIBLE MTN LION ATTACK" - verified?

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Slowest_Hiker
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Oh, um, does anyone know whether this report was verified?

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L.A. County Fire Dept. mentioned this on the Twitter page. Doesn't give any details though. Apparently it was serious enough that they sent in an air rescue unit.


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AIR SQUAD REQUEST | FS79 #Valyermo | Angeles Crest Hwy @ Mile Marker 74 | E79 P79 S92 AR5 @SBCOUNTYFIRE and @SEBLASD Air Rescue 5 en route to a reported mountain lion attack near Baden Powell trail. #LACoFD
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Interesting. The local news usually covers wild animal attacks.
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List of California mountain lion attacks since 1986. So far the Baden Powell attack has not been added


March 1986 Nonfatal Caspers Wilderness Park Orange Female 5 yrs.
Oct. 1986 Nonfatal Caspers Wilderness Park Orange Male 6 yrs.
March 1992 Nonfatal Gaviota State Park Santa Barbara Male 9 yrs.
Sept. 1993 Nonfatal Cuyamaca State Park San Diego Female 10 yrs.
Apr. 1994 Fatal Auburn State Recreation Area El Dorado Female 40 yrs.
Aug. 1994 Nonfatal Mendocino County (remote) Mendocino Male 50s
Nonfatal Female 50s
Dec. 1994 Fatal Cuyamaca State Park San Diego Female 56 yrs.
Mar. 1995 Nonfatal Mt. Lowe (San Gabriel Mtns.) Los Angeles Male 27 yrs.
Jan. 2004 Fatal Whiting Ranch Regional Park Orange Male 35 yrs.
Jan. 2004 Nonfatal Whiting Ranch Regional Park Orange Female 30 yrs.
June 2004 Nonfatal Sequoia National Forest Tulare Female 28 yrs.
Jan. 2007 Nonfatal Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Humboldt Male 70 yrs.
Jul. 2012 Nonfatal Confluence of Shady Creek and Yuba River Nevada Male 63 yrs.
Sept. 2014 Nonfatal Cupertino Santa Clara Male 6 yrs.
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