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The boy, whose name was not disclosed, was playing outside with his older brother around 8 p.m. on Friday when his mother, who was inside the house, heard screaming.
She ran outside and saw a mountain lion on top of her son, who sustained injuries to his face, head and neck during the attack, the police said.
The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said the woman “was able to physically remove her son” from the animal’s grip, sustaining injuries to her hands and legs. Her son was transferred to a hospital in Denver on Saturday, the sheriff’s office said.
The police did not say if the injuries sustained by the mother and her child were caused by scratches or bites. The Aspen Times reported on Saturday that the animal had bitten the child.
“She was able to pry the cat’s jaws open,” Michael Buglione, a sheriff’s deputy, told the paper. “She’s a hero.”
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I'm glad she was able to save her son.
She wasn't having it after the gorilla and crocodile incidents.
