cougar mon why i hid when i heard ---1988 16 May. Jesse Sky Bergman, 9, was killed by a 4-year-old male cougar near Tofino, British Columbia. He had gone to visit his father about eight kilometres north of Tofino. His body was found badly mauled about the head. Paw prints indicated the cat had stalked him--- i remember this being talked about in the news the news "a child died be careful" one sighted nearby lips faces people so blurry as i ran a sound in the woods eyes closed i lost all fear of height or at least it seemed, for a moment and then my heart caught up with me the rain oh, the wet ferns deep soil sweet the dogwood trees a perfect place to hide i will be smart like a wasp in the sky! sometimes i feel i am still there safe trembling in the lush green snail shell thin memory dirt growing as lichen soft and pale hollow tower fallen woods new trails new feet discovering new marching ants new toadstool stories an old bridge across the falls where i hid why i hid when i heard a boy was killed not too far away a boy they said died don't run they said if you see one don't run stand still keep quiet hide! till you are sure the coast is clear i watched the man from my house i watched the man go down to where i played in the evening light with his gun and i thought he was going to find it and kill it but it was saved that day they had a cage my brother came home telling me he didn't know where i had been playing that afertoon in the_woods 040106 ... nom there was a cougar attack in the news january 8th 2004 060416 ... your dear friend crOwl unbelievably written, mon ami. i am breathless. bravo. ciao. 060416 ... nom thanks. 060418 what's it to you? who go blather from