NEWSLINK: Colorado deputy escapes mountain lion attack; big cat shot and killed

A mountain lion was fatally shot after attacking a civilian and a deputy at an RV park in Colorado on Wednesday.


The big cat was captured on video nearly sinking its jaws into the neck of the deputy in Larimer County before members of law enforcement converged and the animal was kicked off.

Witness Gregory Scot Paul was able to capture the encounter from inside a trailer after the big cat jumped on the deputy.


“My heart goes out to her,” Paul told the Loveland Reporter-Herald. “If she hadn’t put her arm up, it would probably would have gotten to her neck.”


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