A four-year-old child was attacked by a mountain lion on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, at about 3:15 p.m. on July 20, 2025. The attack came while the family was walking on a popular trail. The child was airlifted to a Level 1 Trauma Center in Seattle. The extent of injuries have not been disclosed. The attack happened near the main Hurricane Ridge parking, near a popular viewpoint overlooking Victoria BC, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Olympic NP Rangers began searching for the cougar immediately following the incident. A canine team joined the search at approximately 5 p.m. the same day. Rangers located the cougar shortly after the canine team joined the effort. The cougar, which was collared, was dispatched the following morning.
A similar attack happened in 2023 in the Hurricane Ridge area. In 2024 a cougar stalked a woman near the top of the PJ Lake trail off Obstruction Point road.