A person in Utah used his useful snowboard to defend himself after a mountain lion attacked him on the snowy slopes.
Charlie Duffy wrote in an Instagram publish of his near-death expertise at a ski resort in Beaver Mountain, Utah on Sunday, Feb. 4.
Duffy instructed native station, KSL-TV, that he was strolling alongside when he observed recent paw prints that instantly put him “on edge.”
“Rather less than midway by means of, I began to see some recent paw prints,” Duffy mentioned. “And that simply obtained me, you realize, on edge. Conscious of my environment, simply continually trying round.”
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Moments later, the snowboarder mentioned that he regarded up and observed a mountain lion simply steps away.
“I regarded over my left shoulder and, you realize, 5 – 6 toes behind me, about three or 4 toes up I noticed a mountain lion,” he instructed the native outlet.
In his social media publish, Duffy mentioned that the mountain lion regarded prefer it was “on the point of pounce.”
The younger man acted shortly, and swung his snowboard “with full drive” on the mountain lion that was leaping in direction of him.
“My combat response immediately kicked in, and I grabbed my board in my proper hand and swung with full drive on the leaping mountain lion,” he wrote on Instagram.
Duffy mentioned that the massive cat “barely” grazed his neck earlier than it obtained knocked to the bottom by his useful snowboard.
He mentioned that his brush with demise was not over, and the mountain lion proceeded to get again up and lumber in direction of him.
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Duffy wrote that he observed that the cat was “ravenous to demise” and was injured from the snowboard-induced blow.
“I stored pushing it again, and it will definitely ran off very disoriented,” Duffy wrote. “I’m fortunate to be right here at this time and to solely obtain a few small scratches from the cat.”
Photographs posted on Instagram confirmed Duffy’s torn jacket the place the mountain lion attacked him.
After sharing his story on Instagram, snowboard manufacturers Nitro and 686 pledged to ship Duffy some new snowboarding gear.
“Insane! We gotta ship you a brand new board!!! Glad you’re okay,” Nitro Snowboards commented.
“INSANE. We’re gonna get that repaired for you,” 686 wrote.