We're confident that we got the right mountain lion.
They don't like seeing people any more than people like seeing mountain lions. This is a very rare incident that a mountain lion would actually attack someone.
This is a very rare incident to happen. Mountain lions tend to be very elusive. Typically mountain lions don't want any part of people.
It's typical mountain lion behavior after an attack like that. They're pretty curious to come back and see if they killed their prey.
It's not typical mountain lion behavior to attack a person like that. All of west Boulder is mountain lion habitat. Very rarely do they come into contact with people. They tend to be elusive.
If mountain lions were conducive to preying upon humans, there would be far more incidents. The average mountain lion is very well-behaved.
If you put deer and (ground) cover together, it's possible that mountain lions could be there. Boulder is bordered by mountain-lion habitat, and that's going to happen from time to time.