Felis Concolor cuoged it

HillsboroDuck

A Colorado runner was attacked Monday by a mountain lion during a trail run in the northern part of the state that resulted in puncture wounds to his face, arms, legs and back and the death of the animal.

Rebecca Ferrell, a spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, tells The Coloradoan the man was running alone at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Fort Collins when he was attacked from behind.

The runner, whose name has not been released, fought off the cougar-- killing it in the process-- and hiked out of the area and drove himself to a hospital. The Denver Post reported that the runner suffered serious injuries that included facial bite wounds and lacerations to his body. He is expected to recover.

Wildlife officers searching the trail found the juvenile mountain lion's body near several of the runner's possessions. They estimated that the animal weighed about 80 pounds.

“The runner did everything he could to save his life. In the event of a lion attack you need to do anything in your power to fight back just as this gentleman did,” Mark Leslie, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region manager, told KKTV.

The last mountain lion attack in Colorado was reported in June 2016 in Pitkin County.

“Mountain lion attacks are not common in Colorado and it is unfortunate that the lion’s hunting instincts were triggered by the runner,” Ty Petersburg, area wildlife manager for CPW, said. “This could have had a very different outcome.”

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MisterEm

He is lucky it was just a little squirt. I work with CPW predator staff. Some of the big males they've collared are 2 hundo. In that region as well.

UWhuskytskeet

Was it snowing?

PurpleThrobber

M'eh.....the Throbber has fought off cougars nearly twice that size.

RaceBannon

@RuffaloSoldier

greenblood

True story:

A family friend was bow hunting in Southern Oregon. All of a sudden the hair on the back of his neck spiked up. He turned around and saw a cougar ready to pounce on him. He fortunately carries a sidearm when he bow hunts, so he was able to kill it before it actually sprung on him. I didn't find out exactly how big the damn thing was, but it was big enough for him to dislocate his shoulder lifting the head up for a picture. The picture was badass. Side note: Oregon has now banned people from carrying sidearms when bow hunting...dumb fucks in state congress need to bow hunt without one and see how long they last...idiots. Anyway...he still carries one when he bow hunts, along with every other sane person.

RaceBannon

Sounds like Cuogs like to sneak attack from behind

1to392831weretaken

PurpleThrobber said:

M'eh.....the Throbber has fought off cougars nearly twice four times that size.

PurpleThrobber

1to392831weretaken said:

PurpleThrobber said:

M'eh.....the Throbber has fought off cougars nearly twice four times that size.

You're confusing the Throbber with @IrishDawg22

@YellowSnow and I have had this discussion before regarding height/weight proportionality.

HillsboroDuck

PurpleThrobber said:

1to392831weretaken said:

PurpleThrobber said:

M'eh.....the Throbber has fought off cougars nearly twice four times that size.

You're confusing the Throbber with @IrishDawg22

He said four tims, not ten tims.

PurpleThrobber

RaceBannon said:

Sounds like Cuogs like to sneak attack from behind

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That said, Jake Browning still hasn't traveled the Hershey Highway.