This is a list of fatal cougar attacks that occurred in North America

North America

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 by decade in chronological order. The cougar is also commonly known as a Puma, Mountain Lion or Panther. The sub-population in Florida, which is the only population east of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

, is known as the Florida Panther.

At least 23 people in North America

North America

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 were killed by cougars between 1890 and 2011, including six in California. More than two-thirds of the Canadian fatalities occurred on Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

 in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. Although fatal cougar attacks are extremely rare and occur much less frequently than fatal snake bites, fatal lightning strikes or fatal bee stings, children are particularly vulnerable. The vast majority of the child victims listed herein were alone or accompanied only by other children. Most attacks are on small children.

Before 1970

Name, age, gender	|Location, comments
Arthur Dangle, 7, male	June 19, 1890	Killed by two cougars while playing near his home in Quartz Valley, Siskiyou County, California Siskiyou County, California Siskiyou County is a county located in the far northernmost part of the U.S. state of California, in the Shasta Cascade region on the Oregon border. Yreka is the county seat. Because of its substantial natural beauty, outdoor recreation opportunities, and Gold Rush era history, it is an important...
Isola Kennedy, 38, female; Earl Wilson, 10, male	July 5, 1909	Rabid cougar attacked a woman and child in Morgan Hill Morgan Hill, California Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884...  in Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley... . Both victims died from rabies Rabies Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms... , not from the physical injuries. This is the only instance of a double fatality and the only instance where the victims succumbed to disease rather than the injuries sustained in the attack.
Jimmie Fehlhaber, 13, male	December 17, 1924	Attacked and killed in Olema, Washington as he tried to outrun a cougar for about 100 yards
Dominic Taylor, 7, male	June 1949	Attacked and killed while walking on a beach in Kyuquot, British Columbia Kyuquot, British Columbia Kyuquot is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations Indian reserve community located on Kyuquot Sound on northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Meaning people of Kayukw in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, it is partly the community of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples, whose...
Elena Salzar, 5, female	June 1953	Attacked, dragged off, and eaten in Tampico, Mexico

1970s

Name, age, gender	|Location, comments
Lawrence Wells, 12, male	January 1971	Attacked and killed in Lytton, British Columbia Lytton, British Columbia Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, and is one of the earliest locations settled by non-natives in the Southern Interior of...  by male cougar while playing with his sisters
Kenneth Clark Nolan, 8, male	January 20, 1974	Killed by a 3 year old female cougar in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe Arroyo Seco is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has about 24,000 inhabitants according to the . Its name is the same as a neighbouring creek...
Thomas Harris, 26, Male	July 1976	Killed by a two year old male cougar near Gold River Gold River, British Columbia Gold River is a village located close to the geographic centre of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. In terms of the Island's human geography it is considered to be part of the "North Island", even though it technically is on the Island's west coast....  on British Columbia's Vancouver Island Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794... . He was dragged over 800 yards in the snow.

1980s

Name, age, gender	|Location, comments
Jesse Sky Bergman, 9, male	May 16, 1988	Stalked and killed by a four year old male cougar at Catface Mountain, near Tofino, British Columbia Tofino, British Columbia Tofino is a district of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4, on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound....
Jake Thomas Gardipee, 5, male	September 9, 1989	Attacked and killed by at least two, possibly three, cougars behind his Missoula County, Montana Missoula County, Montana -National protected areas:*Bitterroot National Forest *Flathead National Forest *Lolo National Forest *Rattlesnake National Recreation Area-Demographics:...  home while riding a tricycle

1990s

Name, age, gender	|Location, comments
Scott Lancaster, 18, male	January 14, 1991	Killed while jogging a familiar route on a hill above Clear Creek High School in Idaho Springs, Colorado Idaho Springs, Colorado The City of Idaho Springs is a municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado that is the most populous settlement in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Idaho Springs is located in Clear Creek Canyon, in the mountains upstream from Golden, some thirty miles west of Denver...
Jeremy Williams, 7, male	May 1992	Attacked and killed in Kyuquot, British Columbia by a young female cougar while playing in the school yard.
Barbara Barsalou Schoener, 40, female	April 23, 1994	Long distance runner and Placerville Placerville, California Placerville is the county seat of El Dorado County, California. The population was 10,389 at the 2010 census, up from 9,610 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...  resident was attacked and killed while jogging on the American River Canyon Trail in California's Auburn State Recreation Area Auburn State Recreation Area Auburn State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, USA, along of the North and Middle Forks of the American River. The state recreation area is situated on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties in the heart of historic Gold Country. The largest city with close proximity is...
Iris M. Kenna, 56, female	December 10, 1994	Killed while hiking alone near Cuyamaca Peak in California's Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Cuyamaca Rancho State Park is a state park located forty miles east of San Diego, California in the Laguna Mountains of the Peninsular Ranges. The park's 26,000 acres feature pine, fir, and oak forests, with meadows and streams that exist due to the relatively high elevation of the area compared...
Cindy Parolin, 36, female	August 19, 1996	Mother killed while defending her 6 year old son on a horse back riding trip in British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
Mark Miedema, 10, male	July 17, 1997	Killed by an adult female cougar in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park located in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Colorado.It features majestic mountain views, a variety of wildlife, varied climates and environments—from wooded forests to mountain tundra—and easy access to back-country trails...  while hiking when he got ahead of his family

2000s

Name, age, gender	|Location, comments
Frances Frost, 30, female	January 2, 2001	This Canmore, Alberta Canmore, Alberta Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately west of the City of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rockies. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of...  resident was killed by a cougar while skiing on Cascade Fire Road just north of Banff National Park Banff National Park Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...  in Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
Mark Jeffrey Reynolds, 35, male	January 8, 2004	Attacked, killed and partially consumed while mountain biking at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in southern Orange County, California Orange County, California Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
Robert Nawojski, 55, male	June 24, 2008	Searchers found his body on this date near his mobile home in Pinos Altos, New Mexico Pinos Altos, New Mexico Pinos Altos, in Grant County, New Mexico, was a mining town, formed in 1860 following the discovery of gold in the nearby Pinos Altos Mountains. The town site is located about five to ten miles north of the present day Silver City, New Mexico... . Investigators concluded that he had been attacked and killed by a cougar several days earlier.

2010s

Name, age, gender	|Location, comments