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OR CORONER: HIKER Found Near Mt. Hood Hiking Trail “Killed By Cougar” In State’s First Recorded Fatal Attack

WELCHES, OR. (THECOUNT) — Missing Gresham, OR, woman, Diana Bober, identified by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office as the body found off a hiking trail near Mount Hood Monday, died of injuries consistent with a suspected cougar attack, the coroner said Tuesday.

This would be the first recorded fatal cougar attack in Oregon history, according to qfox13.

Bober, 55, was last seen Aug. 29 and reported missing Sept. 7. Her vehicle was located by deputies at the Zigzag Ranger station, which is located about two miles northeast of where her body was found Monday.

On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said the body was recovered off the Hunchback Trail in Welches, Oregon. source

Deputies said Monday they found a female body while searching for Bober, but did not immediately identify the body. They later said the search had ended at that no foul play is suspected.

Deputies did not provide any additional details but said they would provide updates later Tuesday afternoon.

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  • COUGAR NOT CONFIRMED AS HAVING KILLED DIANA. NO COUGAR DNA FOUND ON HER AND HER DNA IS NOT ON A COUGAR. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE POSTING ABSOLUTES.

  • This report from ODFW is an example of normative (stealth policy
    making) science, which is a fabrication of truth to perpetuate a biased
    goal. Regardless that no evidence of Diana was found in the retractable
    claws or intestines of this cougar, ODFW wants Diana to have died from a
    cougar, and so they will say anything. No evidence of a cougar was
    found on Diana. Evidence does not dissipate quickly. It can linger for
    years as a testament to a tragedy, and this issue is no different.

    It is more probable that a bear attacked Diana. Bears will maul you
    (especially women on their periods) and leave you to die. Cougars don't
    do this to their prey. Diana died from her wounds, not from the animal
    that attacked her.

    If I were Diana's family, I would have an
    attorney sue ODFW for a cougar management plan that has been
    peer-reviewed confirmed to cause more conflict with cougars, than not.
    Only then would ODFW tell you the truth of what attacked Diana.

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