Stephen Harding wrote in news:3ffeee6e$1@news-
1.oit.umass.edu:
Looks like one MTB'er was killed by a mountain lion out
in CA yesterday, and another attacked. I don't really know
the details yet.

There's a report he
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/0...ion/index.html

The first thing to realize is that your risk is very low. Maybe 10 humans
have been killed by mountain lions in California over the past 100 years.
The last person killed was almost 20 years ago. Compare that to the number
of humans killed by Ford Explorers.