A brave mum fought off a mountain lion after the beast attacked her five-year-old son in the family's garden.
The woman heard her boy's screams and ran outside her home in Aspen, northwest Colorado.
She saw the cougar pinning her son to the ground with his older brother nearby, according to Pitkin County Sheriff's Office,
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.
His mother was treated for injuries to her hands and legs and released.
Sheriff's deputies and a law enforcement officer from the US 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 16 people have been injured by cougars since 1970.
Source - Mirror
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