Another mountain goat threatens in the Olympics; last year's death recalled
Jim Decker via KOMO-TV (PDN news partner)
Jim Decker of Shelton managed to get this photo of the mountain goat that he said threatened him while he hiked in the Olympic National Forest near Lake Cushman earlier this week.
By Rob Ollikainen
Peninsula Daily News
OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — A Shelton man's encounter with an aggressive mountain goat in Mason County on Tuesday was the first such run-in in the Olympic Mountains since a mountain goat killed a Port Angeles man near Hurricane Ridge in October, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest officials said.
Jim Decker of Shelton was hiking on the Mount Rose trail near Lake Cushman on Tuesday evening when he became separated from his wife, Cindy Brewer, and set off to look for her, he said Thursday.
He encountered a mountain goat that stalked him persistently in behavior similar to that of a 300-pound mountain goat that killed Bob Boardman on the Switchback Trail near the crest of Klahhanie Ridge 15 miles south of Port Angeles on Oct. 16.
The mountain goat that punctured an artery in Boardman's leg with its horns was shot by rangers soon after the goring.
Boardman bled to death. He was 63.
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