DENVER (Reuters) - A mother fought off a mountain lion that attacked her five-year-old son while he was playing with his older brother outside his home in western Colorado on Friday, the local sheriff said.
The unidentified boy's mother heard screams and raced outside the house northwest of Aspen where she found the cougar on top of her son, the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office said.
The woman "was able to physically remove her son from the mountain lion" and the boy's father called 911 as he drove his son to hospital, the sheriff added.
A hospital spokeswoman said the child sustained injuries to his face, head and neck and was in fair condition. His mother was treated for injuries to her hands and legs and released.
Sheriff's deputies and a law enforcement officer from the U.S. Forest Service found the mountain lion in the front yard of the residence and put it down, the sheriff said.
Officials were searching for a second mountain lion after witnesses said two lions were seen in the area prior to the incident, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife department said.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said there have been two, possible three, fatalities related to mountain lion attacks in the state since 1991, while some 16 people have been injured by cougars since 1970.
The last known attack in the state occurred in July 2015 when a young lion attacked a man as he fished in a remote area in northwest Colorado, the wildlife department said.
In another wild animal attack, police divers recovered the body on Wednesday of a two-year-old boy who was grabbed by an alligator in front of his family during a vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The boy's father had fought to wrestle his child from the alligator's grasp.
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Scary. This is why I would never hike in the So Cal mountains, although my brother used to ride his bike on the trails.
I remember sitting on the front porch in the early morning hours watching the coyotes. They were far enough away where I could get inside if needed, but they were usually fearful of humans. But I suspect they took my small dog which disappeared one day.
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We moved the boys' basketball net and found three HUGE slugs and two toads. That's about as wild as I'm comfortable with.
OMG a few years back I had 5 yards of mulch delivered, it took about 1 month to get it all spread in the various garden areas I have, I had almost a yard left over and it sat in the pile for a good long time. One time while mowing the lawn, as I push the lawn mower by the pile, two HUGE slugs came out. These things were about a foot long and diameter almost 2". I was so freaked!
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Before the county cleared the woods for the ball parks, we routinely had all kinds of critters wander through our yard.
Deer would walk right past us.
Or look out the window and have 30 turkeys messing about.
We still have coyotes roaming.
And bears are spotted from time to time.
But the scariest thing I've ever found in our yard was around 2am.
I pulled in the yard after work and the neighbors motion light came on and a 2000 pound bull meandered out from between our houses.
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Bears
Gators
Cayotes
Foxes
Armadillos
Racoons
Opossums
Lynx
Jaguar/panthers
Water moccasins / cotton mouths
Coral snakes
Three types of rattle snakes
Black racers / gardener snakes / etc
Skinks / legless lizards
Geckos
Salamanders
Green tree frogs
Toads
Black widows
Brown recluses
Poisonous caterpillars
variety of sharks
Variety of Rays
Lion fish
Stone fish
Poisonous sea slugs
Yeah come to Florida they said...it will be fun they said.
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Bears Gators Cayotes Foxes Armadillos Racoons Opossums Lynx Jaguar/panthers Water moccasins / cotton mouths Coral snakes Three types of rattle snakes Black racers / gardener snakes / etc Skinks / legless lizards Geckos Salamanders Green tree frogs Toads Black widows Brown recluses Poisonous caterpillars variety of sharks Variety of Rays Lion fish Stone fish Poisonous sea slugs
Yeah come to Florida they said...it will be fun they said.
Like Australia.
Everything will kill ya.
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Who knew there are feral monkeys in central Florida?
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We moved the boys' basketball net and found three HUGE slugs and two toads. That's about as wild as I'm comfortable with.
OMG a few years back I had 5 yards of mulch delivered, it took about 1 month to get it all spread in the various garden areas I have, I had almost a yard left over and it sat in the pile for a good long time. One time while mowing the lawn, as I push the lawn mower by the pile, two HUGE slugs came out. These things were about a foot long and diameter almost 2". I was so freaked!
OMG I think I would have fainted. These were a few inches long but fatter than my my big toe. I should have taken pics. We don't have fat slugs in Cali. I can't believe how plump they are here. Anyway I ran and got the snail/slug food and checked a little while ago and they looked pretty dead.
Oh geez. Slugs! lol. When we moved into our home last June, there were 4 snakes that were hanging along the crevice between the poured concrete immediately outside my garage. I went online and looked up what they were. They were coiled down in a crevice. So, i got a big old pair of bbq tongs and on the count of 3, whipped those suckers out of the crevice and Dh went over and lopped off their heads with hedgetrimmers, lol. I got over my fear real quicK!
Oh geez. Slugs! lol. When we moved into our home last June, there were 4 snakes that were hanging along the crevice between the poured concrete immediately outside my garage. I went online and looked up what they were. They were coiled down in a crevice. So, i got a big old pair of bbq tongs and on the count of 3, whipped those suckers out of the crevice and Dh went over and lopped off their heads with hedgetrimmers, lol. I got over my fear real quicK!
YOU SNAKE KILLER YOU!
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Oh geez. Slugs! lol. When we moved into our home last June, there were 4 snakes that were hanging along the crevice between the poured concrete immediately outside my garage. I went online and looked up what they were. They were coiled down in a crevice. So, i got a big old pair of bbq tongs and on the count of 3, whipped those suckers out of the crevice and Dh went over and lopped off their heads with hedgetrimmers, lol. I got over my fear real quicK!
Did you throw the tongs away or are you still using them?
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Oh geez. Slugs! lol. When we moved into our home last June, there were 4 snakes that were hanging along the crevice between the poured concrete immediately outside my garage. I went online and looked up what they were. They were coiled down in a crevice. So, i got a big old pair of bbq tongs and on the count of 3, whipped those suckers out of the crevice and Dh went over and lopped off their heads with hedgetrimmers, lol. I got over my fear real quicK!
Did you throw the tongs away or are you still using them?
Well, i might find more snakes so they are now the Snake Tongs!
So the coywolfs are back and apparently with 4 cubs. So that is coywolfs, fisher cats, fox, deer,and I wouldn't doubt bear in my back area. My little 24 lb dog will not be let out by himself.
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So the coywolfs are back and apparently with 4 cubs. So that is coywolfs, fisher cats, fox, deer,and I wouldn't doubt bear in my back area. My little 24 lb dog will not be let out by himself.
We have fox, and hawks and bald eagles in our back yard -- same for my dog. Better to be right there so the dog doesn't get carried off into the sunset for a dinner date with a predator.
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