Predators return — hungry

January 30, 2002
Source: Boston Globe
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By Colin Nickerson

It was no accidental encounter. The cougar that killed Frances Frost stalked her with cunning and stealth. The big cat concealed itself behind a juniper bush by a popular cross-country ski trail, then - after Frost whooshed by - bounded in silent pursuit of the 30-year-old outdoorswoman, zigzagging for 144 feet before making the final pounce. Frost was probably unaware of the cougar's presence until the instant the 132-pound feline sprang onto her back and snapped her spine, much as it would that of an unlucky elk calf. The deadly contact occurred last January, and the most shocking aspect was that none of the conventional wisdom about wild animal attacks applied - the cougar was not sick, not cornered, not defending cubs. Just hunting

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