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Old 08-23-07, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jpconrad
There'a a mountain lion that attacked a dog roaming around the area of La Cresenta.
It's unlikely that the particular mountain lion is still roaming around La Crescenta. Mountain lions have large ranges and are said to travel 40 miles in a day.

I live a block from that incident - I know the guy whose dog was taken. The area is up in the hills near the national forest, and nowhere near where any sane cyclist would be. In the 18 years I have lived there, we have had 4 or 5 mountain lion sightings. I walk alone up there all the time and have never had any problem.

This one was not especially aggressive - when they come into the residential areas at all, they usually go for pets. Once a mountain lion crashed into a sliding glass door in an effort to get a small child.

You should certainly be alert and careful while riding. But this is not a reason to avoid La Crescenta, especially if you are riding on Foothill Boulevard.
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