Victim in cougar attack near Snoqualmie suffered ‘severe trauma to her face’

The 60-year-old was riding a bike on a popular trail Feb. 17 when a young cougar attacked her.

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — The 60-year-old woman who was attacked by a young cougar while riding on a mountain bike trail faces a “lifelong battle and a long road ahead to recovery,” according to a GoFundMe page setup by her daughters. 

Keri Bergere was riding with four other people, two in front of her and two behind, when a 75-pound cougar tackled her off her bike around 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 17. The cougar “latched onto her lower jaw.”

Bergere’s friends spent about 15 minutes trying to

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