Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mountain lion killed Kristen Kovatch, 46, on Jan. 1 while she hiked the Crosier Mountain trail in Larimer County, Colorado.

Colorado has a few thousand mountain lions, but a mountain lion attack on a human is rare, and a fatality – like the woman who died in a suspected attack Thursday in Larimer County – is even rarer.

WASHINGTON — A woman died in what officials believe was a rare mountain lion attack in northern Colorado, marking the state’s first fatal encounter with the animal in more than two decades. According ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman in Colorado is believed to have been killed by a mountain lion on a hiking trail. File Photo by Gary C. Caskey/UPI Jan. 2 ...

A woman who died in a mountain lion attack while hiking in Northern Colorado last week grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, her family tells the San Antonio Express-News. On Monday, officials in ...