Utah hiker, 70, fights off mountain lion with a rock after he's ambushed in canyon
Evan Ray Nilsen, 70, recalled how he fought off a mountain lion that knocked him down a hill during a hike in Diamond Fork in Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon last week.
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Evan Ray Nilsen, 70, recalled how he fought off a mountain lion that knocked him down a hill during a hike in Diamond Fork in Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon last week.
SPANISH FORK (KSL) — A 70-year-old Spanish Fork man avoided serious injuries after he used a rock to defend himself from a reported cougar attack in Diamond Fork Canyon on Thursday afternoon, state wildlife officials say. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials are also warning people to be cautious while trekking in the canyon because […]
Ray Nielsen, 70, was hiking alone Thursday afternoon when he was blindsided by a mountain lion. After a brief struggle, Nielsen threw a rock at the animal and it ran away.
The unidentified man told authorities that he was hiking through some trees when a cougar jumped out and knocked him to the ground.
The unidentified man told authorities that he was hiking through some trees when a cougar jumped out and knocked him to the ground.