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How five women fought off a cougar for 45 minutes

On February 17, five friends set out on a long bike ride in the Cascade foothills north of Snoqualmie. What started as a routine day on the trail turned into a fight for their lives when a cougar attacked one rider, leaving the other four to fight back with nothing but stones and their bikes.

Angela King tells the women's story for the first time since the attack.

Read more of Angela's reporting and see photos of the group on KUOW.org: https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-attack-washington-state-cyclists

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