A JOGGER who survived a mountain lion attack earlier this month has revealed that he battered the jungle cat with a rock and choked it to death during a 10-minute “wrestling match”. Travis Kauffman, 31, told a local radio station on Thursday that he saw the beast during his run down a trail on February 4 in Colorado. Kauffmann said: "It finally stopped moving and then the jaws opened and I was able to kind of scramble back up the hill and get the heck out of Dodge." Through it all, the 31-year-old trail runner said, the cat remained eerily silent. It was the first time Kauffman publicly recounted the ordeal that left him with 28 stitches and a reputation for toughness and bravery. He said: "I will never be able to live up to the reputation. The story is bigger than my puny form." Kauffman said he was running a trail in the mountains west of Fort Collins, Colorado, when he heard pine needles rustle behind him. He turned to see the mountain lion about 10 feet away. "One of my … [Read more...] about Jogger reveals he battered mountain lion with a rock then choked it to death during 10-minute life-or-death ‘wrestling match’ when beast attacked him on trail
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Colorado runner who strangled mountain lion after attack speaks out
A man who was attacked by a mountain lion in Colorado has spoken of his ordeal for the first time. Acting in self-defence, Travis Kauffman managed to escape by killing the juvenile cougar with his bare hands when it attacked him in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, a mountain park less than 110 km from Denver. "I turned around and just was pretty bummed out to see a mountain lion chasing after me," he said. Colorado runner strangles mountain lion after it attacks him Mountain lion enters house, kills pet cat Foolish safari tourist pets lion's head through car window Lions, tigers and a jaguar escape zoo enclosures "It grabbed on to my hand and wrist from there it started to claw at my face and neck," he told American media. It was then he entered fight or flight mode, CBS reports. He pinned down the mountain lion and used a rock as a weapon to hit in the head. "I tried to give it a few bashes." He then strangled the animal with its bare hands. "I had no … [Read more...] about Colorado runner who strangled mountain lion after attack speaks out
Jogger reveals how he throttled mountain lion to death during 3-minute fight
A jogger man who suffocated a mountain lion that attacked him on a Colorado jogging trail has revealed what he did to survive. Speaking for the first time since the incident on February 4 that left him with still-visible lacerations on his neck and face, Travis Kauffman described the harrowing three-minute encounter. Kauffman, 31, said he was running at the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, about 65 miles northwest of Denver, when he heard pine "I was bummed out to see a mountain lion," he said at a news conference in Fort Collins, Colorado, where the environmental consultant lives with his girlfriend. Kauffman raised his arms and shouted at the cougar, but it pounced and locked its jaw on his right wrist and clawed at his face. His attempts to halt the attack by stabbing the predator with sticks and hitting it on the head with a rock were to no avail. Ultimately, he was able to pin the cougar down and put his foot on its neck and choke it until it stopped thrashing. He worried during … [Read more...] about Jogger reveals how he throttled mountain lion to death during 3-minute fight
Jogger who killed mountain lion describes his life-and-death fight
A jogger who fought and killed a mountain lion that attacked him while he was on a run has described his battle with the big cat. Travis Kauffman, 31, was attacked on February 4 and suffocated the animal to save himself when it attacked in Colorado. He has now spoken for the first time publicly and described the three-minute struggle for survival. Speaking with cuts on his face and neck, he explained how he was running at the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, about 65 miles northwest of Denver, when he heard pine needles rustling. He turned his head only to come face-to-face with a young cougar. At a news conference in Fort Collins, he said: "I was bummed out to see a mountain lion. After this he described how his "fear response turned into more of a fight response". Mr Kauffman said raised his arms and shouted at the cougar but it pounced and locked its jaw on his right wrist and clawed at his face. After this, his attempts to halt the attack by … [Read more...] about Jogger who killed mountain lion describes his life-and-death fight
Colorado runner strangles mountain lion after it attacks him
A Colorado jogger has strangled a juvenile mountain lion in the foothills of Horsetooth Mountain northwest of Denver, acting in self-defence after the predator attacked him, authorities say. The man, who was not identified, survived the life-and-death struggle in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, a mountain park less than 110 km from Denver, officials said. Mountain lion enters house, kills pet cat Foolish safari tourist pets lion's head through car window Lions, tigers and a jaguar escape zoo enclosures The man was running on a trail when the juvenile cougar attacked him from behind, biting and clawing his face, back, legs and arms, state and local officials said in a joint statement late on Monday. During the struggle, the man strangled the wild animal with his bare hands, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Rebecca Ferrell said by phone on Tuesday. "There was some wrestling going on and the cat did latch onto his arm but he was able to choke it," she said. The size of the … [Read more...] about Colorado runner strangles mountain lion after it attacks him