Overview
- Hikers on the Crosier Mountain trail near Glen Haven saw a mountain lion by a motionless woman around 12:15 p.m. and drove it off by throwing rocks.
- A physician among the group found no pulse, and the Larimer County Coroner will release the woman’s identity and official cause of death.
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers located two mountain lions in the area later in the day and euthanized both under agency policy for human attacks.
- The animals will be examined for disease and tested for human DNA, and authorities say searches will continue if no link is found.
- If confirmed as a mountain lion attack, this would be Colorado’s first fatal case since 1999 in a state where such incidents are rare.