VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A man was
recovering from serious injuries on Friday after he managed to
use a pocketknife to fight off a vicious attack by a cougar on
a remote road on northern Vancouver Island.
Attacked in the head, 62-year-old David Parker was able to
pull out his small folding knife and kill the cat during the
incident on Thursday evening. He then walked more than half a
mile to get help from workers at a log-sorting facility.
"The will to live was definitely in this person," said
Corporal Jeff Flindall of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in
Port Alice, a small coastal logging community about 195 miles
northwest of Vancouver.
Police said Parker was walking alone down a private road in
the woods outside Port Alice when the adult male cat weighing
about 90 pounds attacked him from behind, injuring his head and
face.
The logging workers took Parker to Port Alice's medical
clinic, but because of the extent of his injuries he was
quickly transferred to a hospital in Victoria. He was listed in
critical but stable condition after surgery on Friday.
Vancouver Island is estimated to have between 1,000 and
1,200 cougars. Although it is rare for the carnivorous cats to
hunt humans, there have been at least four attacks in recent
years on the northern end of the island.
Mann tötet Puma mit Taschenmesser
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