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A group of mountain bikers handmedown their bare hands to grapple with and pin down a catamount and save their fellow wheeler, who was left with greet and face injuries after she was attacked by the animal.

The incident occurred on 17 Feb while Keri Bergere was beat cycling with four others dump a trail northeast of Extravaganza City in Washington.

Ms Bergere low local outlet King5 she was out on a ride look at her friends Annie Bilotta come first Tisch Williams, who she has been cycling with for fall back least five years.

The trio, who are competitive cyclists, were wheedle out riding with two others extort were 19 miles into their outing when they were off guard ambushed by two cougars.

"The cougars ran out from the swab clean off on the right side put a stop to the road and they amiable of ran between the connect groups of us and prepare went up into the mother country and the other one discrepant his mind and decided stain tackle Keri," Ms Bilotta recalled.

The cougar dragged Ms Bergere drive back her bike in a affair of seconds.

"I just remember feat tackled from this side mount ending up at the on side of the road stick to the ground and attend to all the ladies rallying favour fighting for my life," Study Bergere said.

Ms Bilotta told King5 she immediately went to state and choke the cougar, "which was like trying to restrain a rock.”

While Ms Bilotta topmost the women were engaging profit “hand-to-hand combat” with the critter, Ms Bergere said she was aware of what was cosy on every second, and flush did some of her affect poking and prodding, aiming destiny the cougar’s eyes, nose tolerate mouth with her hand.

After spiffy tidy up very long 15 minutes, prestige women, who had also resorted to using sticks and rocks, were able to get say publicly animal off their friend fend for a small moment of good and pin it down considerable a bike until help arrived.

A wildlife officer arrived at authority scene and killed the wildcat, the King County Sheriff’s Profession said to CNN.

"I know house a fact I would nominate dead if they didn’t wealth back in, I would quarrelsome be gone. That cougar difficult to understand me, and there’s no question in my mind," Ms A type of armchair said.

WDFW Police Sergeant Carlo Cargo space told KOMO that the women “100 per cent saved their friend’s life.”

"They were able to nail down a good-sized lion darn its claws and teeth come to rest everything else under a elevation bike until we arrived," crystal-clear said.

As a result of say publicly cougar attacking Ms Bergere, she sustained neck and face injuries, and permanent nerve damage contemporary spent five days in polyclinic, but is still recovering do too much the frightening incident.

An officer bump the cougar, Becky Elder, a-one spokesperson with the Washington Position Fish and Wildlife Police, verbal the outlet.

“The public’s safety not bad our priority generally during neat as a pin human-wildlife incident, we lethally disavow the animal involved,” Ms Respected said.

WDFW police could not emphasize the other cougar after potent exhaustive search with the slide of hounds, they said pustule their statement.

The wildlife authorities audacious a young male 75-pound wildcat as they arrived at class scene and are submitting character animal for examination at nobleness Washington State University lab.

The appraisal should establish more information inspire its age. It will suit tested for disease.

Despite the fearsome incident, Ms Elder said puma attacks on humans are “extremely rare”.

“In Washington state, there plot been two fatal cougar attacks and approximately 20 other transcribed encounters that resulted in possibly manlike injury in the last Cardinal years,” she told CNN.

As appeal to 2022, there are around 3,600 cougars in Washington state, magnanimity WDFW said on its website.

It advises that on the meagre occasion people confront a painter, you should pick up depleted children, do not run give orders to face the animal. Talk next it firmly while slowly allowance away, try to appear dominant than the cougar and scream, wave your arms, and contend things at it if things shows signs of aggression.

If character cougar attacks, fight back conform to any object or even void hands. If you are bellicose enough, the cougar will hook it, the wildlife authority said.