After realizing it was a mountain lion, the couple used a flashlight and made noise, which caused the animal to retreat and allowed them to return inside their rental property,. The man had four"superficial scratches" on the top of his head and near his right ear.
Officials commended the couple's tactics to fend off the animal.""The couple did the right thing by making noise and shining a light on the lion. Although this victim had only minor injuries, we take this incident seriously," said area wildlife manager Sean Shepherd."We have alerted neighbors and posted signs warning of lion activity."
The couple alerted the property owner, who is a Colorado Parks and Wildlife employee, about the incident. The owner proceeded to alert CPW officers, who arrived at the scene but had no luck with tracking down the animal. Officials plan to track mountain lion activity and have set a trap nearby where the encounter took place"in hopes of catching the lion."
This incident marks the first reported attack of a mountain lion on a human in the state since late last month, and the 24th since 1990. But, although mountain lion attacks are relatively rare, authorities share ways to reduce and manage potential encounters with the animal
Clawed, or combed?
Leave it the hell alone. Ppl are a virus for this planet…
Was the guy in the lion's hot tub with the lions wife? If so, justified.
Keep taking their natural habitat away...0 sympathy.
Why would you look for him so what if he attacked ppl he didn't kill them leave him alone he probably just wanted a warm bath
Soup’s on!
Hope the guy started the rabies shots!!!
Let the cat live ffs.
Your taking away their resources WTF you expect!
the hot tub, man and wife are the trespassers.
Leave the lion alone.
How would you find it, tell it’s the correct one, & what is your plan if you “find” it? I’m always curious how the news finds this stuff out. I’ve told my family-if something happens to me LEAVE THE ANIMAL ALONE.
Leave the pretty kitty alone and quit going to his house with a bowl of soup.
He could probably see the bottom of his food bowl.
Leave it alone!!
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Mountain lions are natural. Hot tubs are not.
Not what you expect when you hear about a man in a hot tub with a cougar.
Leave the cat alone.
I wouldn’t rush to judgment; I’d be upset too if I found someone in a hot tub with my wife…
So they're going to hunt and kill this animal😮
Leave that lion alone
Wow 🛀🏼
Best not to share a hot tub with the wife of an angry mountain lion, I always say.
Romantic this was not 🫣
Do they have a description of the suspect? Maybe a sketch?
Talk about cruelling a buzz
Leave that Lion alone.
I might claw too if I wasn't invited into the hit tub.
Delicious 😋
The man was probably asking for it. Four superficial scratches sounds like the cat was on defense NOT offense. LEAVE THE COUGAR ALONE!!!!
Leave the mountain lion alone, already.
Kitty just wanted some stew.
The cat was just checking his cooking...
Run Pussy Run!!!
Mountain Lion saw a Cougar in the hot tub
The mountain lion was probably just curious. If it wanted to kill the man, it would have. The man's fine. The mountain lion should be left alone.
Why they looking? Emmefer in hot tub needs to keep them lips shut lest he wants to be bitched slapped again by them cougars
Why was the guy in a hot tub with the mountain lions wife? That’s not cool.
lol
They just want to question him in connection with the incident
Nature 1 Man 9999999999999
Just leave the lion alone. Geeze
He probably provoked it!! Leave the cat alone!!
Where in Colorado?
I mean what will they do when finding it?…
Far out - who was here first? Leave the cat alone. It’s miles away by now.
This may be a first for Colorado. I've never heard of such a thing happening before.
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