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

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

Interesting. The local news usually covers wild animal attacks.

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.