Talk:List of fatal cougar attacks in North America

This article was nominated for deletion on September 6, 2007. The result of the discussion was Keep.

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Unknown Victim

Surely, for various reasons, an unknown number of unknown victims have been attacked, killed and eaten by predatory BIG cats since humans first began scampering acround the fruited plains and majestic purple mountains of the North American continent.

I know of no monument to these unknown folks. Nothing akin to the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetary.

Kinda' sad, in a way, for those who died by the fangs and claws of a killer kitty to be forgotten... ultimately being a mere burp after a cougar's dinner (or breakfast or lunch, snack, whatever).

Perhaps Wiki should offer an on-line memorial for those unknown vicitms.24.206.248.102 (talk) 19:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Completeness

The article states that the list is not complete; however, the cougar fund website states that there have been 20 people killed in attacks since 1890. Including the people who died of rabies our list has 23 people.

It may be usefull to consider expanding this to all atacks. I was looking for trends, and including attacks would supply more data to draw conclusions. 98.232.176.231 (talk) 07:31, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I removed 3 of them. There is no evidence suggesting that were killed by a big cat. Only assumption. There was one about a boy, that the police found clothing a couople of years later, but no sign of attack by cat. Tragic as it is, the father still wants to believe hestill alive. The other two had less evidence so were removed for lack of source (one was a "dead link" and another assumption) no evidence or other reports that i can find anyway. Good site that keeps track of this type of thing http://www.cougarinfo.org/attackex.htm -John in CinciIP