Because there’s a lot of people that have had that happen. “Obviously you want to fight back if you are attacked. Perry Will with Colorado Parks & Wildlife gave tips on how to survive an attack. Horsetooth Mountain Open Space and Soderberg trailheads were temporarily closed shortly after the attack. In the event of a lion attack you need to do anything in your power to fight back just as this gentleman did,” said Mark Leslie, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region manager.

“The runner did everything he could to save his life. The lion has been taken to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife animal health lab for a necropsy.ĬPW said the runner “defended himself without the use of weapons.”

The runner sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries as a result of the attack, CPW said.Īs wildlife officers searched the trail area, the body of a juvenile mountain lion was found within feet of several possessions that the victim asked the officers to look for on the trail. He was able to fight and break free from the lion, killing the lion in self-defense. The lion lunged at the runner, biting his face and wrist. The victim of the attack described hearing something behind him on the West Ridge trail and was attacked by a mountain lion as he turned around to investigate. A trail runner on Horsetooth Mountain Park killed a juvenile mountain lion that attacked him Monday afternoon by suffocating the animal, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reported.

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