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Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Mountain lions don't hunt and attack groups of people. They usually don't hunt people at all unless they are starving. We aren't their prey image. They hunt four legged things, so unless the kids were crawling they were perfectly safe hiking in lion country.

Sorry, not true, mountain lions will hunt and eat humans, and small children if wandering/exploring alone might prove to be a tasty snack for a lion.
The mountain lion population has increased in our area, every county park in our area has mountain lion warning signs posted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America