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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:42 AM Sep 2014

Mountain lion attacks boy, 6, on trail near Cupertino

Authorities were searching for a mountain lion that attacked a 6-year-old boy on a hiking trail near Cupertino on Sunday afternoon.

Hiking trails were closed after the agency received reports around 1 p.m. that the child was attacked about 2 miles from the Picchetti Winery at 13100 Montebello Road, said Sgt. Kurtis Stenderup, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. The boy, who was not identified, did not have life-threatening injuries.

The boy was attacked "in an aggressive manner," then dragged through brush before family members came to his aid and fought off the mountain lion, said a game warden for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

More than 20 deputies, park rangers and officials from the Department of Fish and Wildlife were asking the public to avoid the area as they searched for the animal, Stenderup said.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mountain-lion-attacks-6-year-old-child-on-trail-5740141.php

That's one big kitty!

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Mountain lion attacks boy, 6, on trail near Cupertino (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2014 OP

Holy cow! People don't think of the silicon valley as being near so much nature, but it is! NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

Poor cat Politicalboi Sep 2014 #2

Apparently you can fend them off by singing opera arias. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #3

Squee! shenmue Sep 2014 #4

NYC_SKP

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1. Holy cow! People don't think of the silicon valley as being near so much nature, but it is!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:45 AM

Sep 2014

I had summer work during college on the ocean side of Woodside, off Summit Road.

It was every bit as natural and remote as anything in the Sierras.

I loved watching the clouds roll up the hills from the ocean at the end of the day.