Please disable your Ad Blocker to better interact with this website.

Email FeaturedHunt/FishNews ClashTop Picture

YOU’RE LUCKY, DUDE: Mountain Lion Attacks Pipeline Crew, Fought Off with Bare Fists

This guy is lucky to have walked away from this alive.

“I felt a weight on my back and I thought, initially, one of the boys was coming around to horse around,” Campbell said. “Then I felt the cougar bite into my skull and sink its claws into the sides of my face.”

Campbell credited the three other men on the pipeline crew for coming to his rescue, using bare fists and skid hooks in an attempt to get the 80-pound cat off of him. The animal’s initial attack nearly ended the pipeline worker’s life in an instant—a slash of the cat’s claws caught Campbell just above his throat on his chin. Subsequent biting nearly took his ear off and left multiple laceration marks on his face. Campbell was eventually able to throw the cougar to the ground, which gave the men enough time to lock themselves within the safety of their truck. When one of the men left the safety of the car to check if the animal had left, the mountain lion pounced on him and bit the man in the shoulder.

Read more: Outdoor Hub

 

book_cover_3D-678x1024

Get Doug Giles’ new book, Rise, Kill and Eat: A Theology of Hunting from Genesis to Revelation today!

Click here to get a signed copy

Click here to get an unsigned copy

 

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *