Overview
- Hikers encountered a mountain lion near a woman on the Crosier Mountain trail around 12:15 p.m., drove it off with rocks, and a physician on scene found no pulse.
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers shot a puma at the scene and later tracked and euthanized a second animal nearby under public-safety policy.
- Necropsies along with human-DNA and neurological disease testing are underway to determine whether either puma attacked the victim.
- The Larimer County coroner has not released the woman’s identity or the official cause of death.
- Officials describe such incidents as rare in Colorado, noting 28 reported attacks since 1990 and the last confirmed fatality in 1999.