Posted on 02/05/2019 2:46:53 PM PST by cowpoke
It’s unclear whether the runner — who has not yet been identified publicly — strangled or smothered the mountain lion. He had no weapons, so he killed the cat with his bare, bleeding hands after climbing on top of the animal, state wildlife officials said.
“It’s an amazing story. Everyone is baffled and impressed,” said Rebecca Ferrell, spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “He had no weapons, no knives or trekking poles with him. How did he do it? It’s pretty rare. That is definitely a twist on this, I’m sure.” The victim was running on West Ridge Trail when he heard something behind him, Ferrell said. As he turned, he saw the mountain lion pounce for his head and neck, she said. The mountain lion bit him on the face and wrist. The victim managed to partially block the attack with his forearms, Ferrell said. He managed to fight and break free from the mountain lion. Once he fended the mountain lion off, he counter-attacked the cat by getting on top of it, she said. There are still a few mysteries, though, including exactly how he suffocated the animal. Wildlife officers will go to the hospital Tuesday and ask him many questions about how he survived and then killed the mountain lion, Ferrell said. Wildlife officers also searched the trail where the runner told them his fight with the mountain lion took place, a Parks and Wildlife news release says. They found the dead mountain lion within feet of possessions the victim asked the officers to look for, it says. Although preliminary information from the necropsy confirms the jogger’s story about the cause of death, detailed information about the mountain lion’s injuries have not been released and could take several days before they are made public...MORE
On Monday evening, the victim was treated for serious injuries including facial bite wounds and lacerations to his arms, legs and back.
...detailed information about the mountain lion’s injuries have not been released and could take several days before they are made public.
Wildlife officers will go to the hospital Tuesday and ask him many questions about how he survived and then killed the mountain lion, Ferrell said.
I had a 22lb dsh that was long and lean like a mountain lion. Everyone was afraid of him.
Definitely illegal to kill a mountain lion in Colorado. Here's some detail:
It is illegal to obtain a mountain lion license or hunt lions without a mountain lion education certificate issued by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), attesting to successful completion of CPW’s Mountain Lion Education and Identification Course.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife requires hunters to allow collection of a small tooth located just behind the lion’s upper canine.
The tooth will be analyzed to determine the lion’s age. Hunters can help by making sure the jaw is propped open with a stick before rigor sets in and not having the carcass frozen during inspection. The animal’s age will be posted on the website 6 months after lion season ends.
Ages will be posted by seal numbers, so hunters should write the number down to check the age of their animal. For privacy reasons, hunter's names are not posted.
Thank God this one was still growing when it tangled with a strong, survival-motivated human.
Outcome of a hand-to-claw/teeth combat between a man and a full grown mountain lion is pretty much predictable.
Even little bitty domestic kittens have claws like razors!!
I fostered/bottle fed a two day old abandoned kitten, had to bottle feed him every 3 hours for six weeks. At the beginning of each feeding he would get really frantic trying to latch on to the bottle and he’d SHRED my hands with his tiny razor claws.
My hands looked like raw hamburger during those bottle feeding days but it was all worth it. He’s now a beautiful and huge sweet black cat. I named him Tiny Baby Kitty or TBK.
PETA: “LOCK HIM UP”.
“we have confirmed the victim’s account that he was able to suffocate the animal while defending himself from attack,”
I can’t even handle a 10 pound house cat.
What state do you live in that rabies is that much of a problem?
Damn-that guy has got a titanium set for sure-otherwise he would have been mountain lion chow...
You should never, ever run/jog or even bike in lion country-In this rural neighborhood and others, people have put up signs on the trails in the parks leading to the woods, near the river, cliffs, etc-they say things like caution-mountain lion area-stay alert-do not run or bike. their tracks are all over the place-if I see tracks on/by a trail, I back out singing/yelling and waving a stick-I avoid that trail for awhile, too-I wonder if the runner just didn’t know better than to run in mountain lion country or if he just was careless-creatures that run look like prey items...
Yep
That was 2013. What came of it?
That doesn’t answer my question. But I see your point.
He was good, funny and clean.
Most stuff today is plain trash.
Jerry’s story reminds me of coon hunting with our neighbor and his jumping mules. The sycamore trees stood out stark white even in the starlight. Coon hunting when I was 9 or 10 was the most awesome thing to get to do. Those were better days than these but more than half a century ago.
the tone of the article is almost like they think the guy MURDERED the cougar.......
He’s lion. He grabbed him by the pussy...
Colorado has some really screwy ideas.
Yep. I was looking at some cop cases where they shot a dog. But couldn’t find a conviction.
It was a buck knife, I remember that. In Canada, I think. His dog blocked the bear, the bear turned on the dog, then the guy jumped on the bear’s back and hacked away. He provided photos at the time.
Perfect quote for this article.
100%
Ping to one bad ass about another bad ass.
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