Colorado man attacked by mountain lion whereas sitting in scorching tub

That’s one method to destroy the vibes.

A person was attacked from behind by a mountain lion whereas sitting in a scorching tub exterior a rental dwelling in rural Colorado.

The incident occurred round 8 p.m. on Saturday evening in a forest roughly 5 miles west of Nathrop. The person instructed officers he was soaking within the scorching tub together with his spouse when he felt one thing seize onto his head.

“He and his spouse started screaming and splashing water on the animal,” mentioned Colorado Parks and Wildlife in a press release.

The person’s spouse then shined a flashlight on the animal and noticed it was a mountain lion. The sunshine, splashing and noise prompted the animal to retreat about 20 ft away.

“They continued to scream on the mountain lion and after a short while it moved as much as the highest of a hill close to some rocks the place it crouched down and continued to look at the couple,” the assertion continued.

The couple then made their method again into the home to name authorities.

The wildlife company mentioned the person had superficial scratches on the highest of his head and by his proper ear that have been per mountain lion claws. He had already administered first assist to himself by the point Parks and Wildlife arrived to the house and he declined additional medical help.

Wildlife officers arrange a entice however have been unable to search out the animal due to snowy circumstances.

The company mentioned this was the twenty fourth mountain lion assault on a human in Colorado since 1990 and the primary since final 12 months. Three of these assaults have been deadly.

“We expect it’s doubtless the mountain lion noticed the person’s head transfer within the darkness at ground-level however didn’t acknowledge the individuals within the scorching tub,” Sean Shepherd, space wildlife supervisor, mentioned within the assertion. “The couple did the fitting factor by making noise and shining a lightweight on the lion.”

“Though this sufferer had solely minor accidents, we take this incident critically,” he continued. “Now we have alerted neighbors and posted indicators warning of lion exercise. And we are going to proceed to trace the lion and lion exercise.”