00:00In February 2024, 60-year-old Carrie Bergeer was cycling with four teammates on a remote forest
00:06trail near Fall City, Washington. Without warning, a young cougar leapt from the brush,
00:12knocking Bergeer from her bicycle and biting directly into her jaw. A second cougar appeared
00:17briefly before vanishing into the trees. Instead of fleeing, Bergeer's friends, Annie Bellotta,
00:24Tish Schmidt-Williams, Auna Teets, and Erica Wolfe immediately rushed the animal. They fought
00:29with everything they had. They threw rocks, struck the cougar with sticks, used their bare hands,
00:35and even attacked it with the saw blade of a multi-tool.
