Bobcat are legal in Oregon if you have a furbearers permit. I see them sometimes up in the hills. I don' t remember ever hearing about one attacking a person, at least not around here. There was an incident where a guy was reaching to pick something up next to his barn and one happened to be under the barn and reached out and swatted at the guy' s arm. That would be enough to scare you if you weren' t expecting it!