"Running may stimulate a lion's instinct to chase and attack," the parks service said. Nonetheless, if people encounter a mountain lion, they should try not to run. Lions are "elusive animals" that "tend to avoid humans," CPW said. The parks service said mountain lion attacks on people are rare, with fewer than 20 fatalities in more than a century. The park closed after the attack for an investigation, but reopened Monday evening, according to the Coloradoan. "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, said in the statement.
It possibly weighed at least 80 pounds, CPW said. The body of the big cat was taken to a state health lab for examination. Exactly how he did so wasn't immediately clear.Īfter additional investigation, including examination of the lion, we have confirmed the victim's account that he was able to suffocate the animal while defending himself from the attack.- CPW NE Region February 5, 2019Ĭolorado state park officials later found the body of the juvenile mountain lion near several possessions that the jogger asked officers to recover for him. The man killed the animal by suffocating it, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Northeast Region. The man's injuries were serious, but not life-threatening, and he was able to get himself to a local hospital. But he was able to fight back, killing the young mountain lion. The jogger said he was bitten on the face and wrist, according to a statement from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. As he turned to investigate, the juvenile mountain lion lunged. The jogger, whose identity has not been released, was running alone in the foothills of the Horsetooth Mountain Park in northern Colorado when, he said, he heard something behind him on the trail. The cat is dead, and the man is recovering in a local hospital.
A man in Colorado successfully defended himself from a mountain lion attack while he was jogging on a trail Monday.Ī trail jogger in Colorado successfully defended himself Monday against a mountain lion that attacked him from behind. A mountain lion leaps from a rock in this file photo.
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