# Now There's a News Summary You Don't See Every Day

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 28, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535 "2013-05-28T11:55:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535/1 "2013-05-28T11:55:23Z")

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[CNN news story](http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/27/world/americas/canada-skateboarder-cougar-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) summarized by bullet points. That last one is hilarious.

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> **STORY HIGHLIGHTS**
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> [ul]  
> [li]A cougar jumped a man walking with a skateboard in Banff, Alberta[/li][li] “He hit the animal with the skateboard and stunned him,” park official says[/li][li] Cougar attacks on people are rare since the cats are “very wary of people,” official says[/li][li] Skateboards used to defend against cougars is even rarer, he says[/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535/2 "2013-05-28T12:46:10Z")

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Heh.

I think the “walking” man doesn’t quite get this whole skateboard concept either.

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**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535/3 "2013-05-28T13:53:01Z")

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I think he gets the concept just fine: anti-cougar devise. Hey, it worked!

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535/4 "2013-05-28T14:05:21Z")

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Now playing at your local adult theatre - “Skateboard Cougar Whackers”

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-theres-a-news-summary-you-dont-see-every-day/659535/5 "2013-05-28T15:56:06Z")

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If I ever return to Banff, I’ll be sure to carry a skateboard with me to ward off dangerous wildlife. Thanks for the tip, CNN.