Woman killed in suspected mountain lion attack while hiking in northern Colorado
ABC News••general
Key Points:
- A woman was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack while hiking alone in northern Colorado, marking the first fatal attack by the predator in the state in over 25 years.
- Two mountain lions were located and fatally shot by wildlife officers near the attack site south of Glen Haven, close to Rocky Mountain National Park.
- The attack occurred on the Crosier Mountain trail, where two hikers found the woman’s body and encountered a mountain lion, which they scared away by throwing rocks; one hiker, a physician, confirmed the woman had no pulse.
- Mountain lion sightings are common in the area, but attacks on humans are rare, with the last fatal attack in Colorado occurring in 1999; the state has an estimated
