'You're not going to die': 911 transcripts from cougar attack reveal panic and desperationRecordings of emergency calls after a fatal cougar attack in Washington state last weekend detail how dispatchers struggled to figure out exactly where the surviving victim was - and how worried he was about his friend who had been taken by the animal. Play Video 1:39 'Extremely rare and unfortunate event': Washington police on fatal cougar attack – videoBadly bloodied, Sederbaum got on his bike and rode to where he could get a phone signal. “You’re not going to die,” she tells him. Hours later, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife agents used dogs to track the cougar to a nearby tree and killed it. The attack on Brooks was the first fatal mountain lion attack in Washington state in 94 years.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2018 00:45 UTC