Patton, living on Rear Creek, three miles west of the Long Tom, in Lane county, was killed by a cougar. 'Killed by a Cougar.- The Oregon Harold of August 24th contains the following: On the 21st instant, a little child three years old, of Mr. Fighting back with sticks and rocks, or even bare hands, is often effective in persuading an attacking cougar to disengage. It is even possible for humans to win a fight against a cougar, such as the case of Travis Kauffman, who choked a juvenile cougar to death when attacked while jogging. Humans are capable of fending off cougars, as adult humans are generally larger. Exaggerating the threat to the animal through intense eye contact, loud shouting, and any other action to appear larger and more menacing, may make the animal retreat. The majority of the child victims listed here were not accompanied by adults.Īs with many predators, a cougar may attack if cornered, if a fleeing human stimulates their instinct to chase, or if a person ' plays dead.' Standing still however may cause the cougar to consider a person easy prey. Fatal cougar attacks are extremely rare and occur much less frequently than fatal snake bites, fatal lightning strikes, or fatal bee stings. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther.Ī total of 126 attacks, 27 of which were fatal, have been documented in North America in the past 100 years.

The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. This is a list of known or suspected fatal cougar attacks that occurred in North America by decade in chronological order. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

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