Originally Posted by notfred
DOn't worry so much. Over the last ten years, there have been (on average) less than 6 mountain lion attacks per year in the entire US. Those attacks have resulted in less than 1 death per year. You are (quite seriously) about 100 times more likely to be killed by lightning than by a mountain lion.
Unless he stays inside during lightning storms and rides around mountain lions. Then the stats are probably a bit different.
There is an article on the mountain bike magazine web page about riding around mountain lions (catamounts for you vermonters).