Big Bend National Park Lion Attacked Boy

A Big Bend National Park mountain lion attacked 6-year-old boy, Rivers Hobbs, Sunday. The kid was with his family that time when the beast ran towards them and literally pulled the boy from his mother’s hand.

Via FOX 7:

FOX 7 spoke to Kristi Harris, the mother of the 6-year-old, by phone. Harris said they decided against camping out because of what the other family told them. After eating at the main lodge they walked to their room, when the cat literally pulled her son from her hands.

“This cat ran in front of me, had to cross in front of me and grab my son and dragged me and my son away from where we were walking. I still had him by the hand for a good while and then the animal gave a huge jerk and pulled him to the ground and took him by the face,” said Harris.

Hobbs was saved by his dad.

“The cat was clamped onto his face, I reached down and got my pocket knife out and stabbed the cat in the chest and it let go at that point,” said Jason Hobbs.

The boy had to undergo 17 stitches on the right side of his face.

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