Seattle authorities said two men were attacked by a cougar which led to the death of one of them, while the second remained injured.
The cougar attacked the man and his friend was killed and his friend during a morning mountain bike ride outside Seattle on Saturday, US. AP reported.
The cougar was later found up a tree where agents for the ,
According to the Seattle, the cougar was still near the dead man's body up a tree when the state's Fish and Wildlife police shot and killed it hours after the attack.
The names of neither man were immediately released.
The man who was injured is reported to be in satisfactory condition at a hospital.
Rich Beausoleil, the state's bear and cougar specialist, says it was only the second fatality in Washington state in the last 94 years.
