Mountain Lion Attacks Hiker in California
A 70-year old man was hiking with his wife at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park on Wednesday when he was attacked by a mountain lion. His wife basically saved his life by beating the cougar with a stick and stabbing it with a pen. Game wardens closed the park and sent dogs to track the lion and eventually tracked and killed a pair of mountain lions. The man underwent surgery for lacerations on his head and body and is currently in fair condition.
LINK: Washington Post Article
UPDATE: (January 29, 2007) The 70-year old man was rushed to the hospital over the weekend when his condition went from fair to serious and doctors had to perform emergency surgery to his scalp. It has also been verified that one of the two mountain lions that were found and killed (the female cougar) had human blood in her claws.
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