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Beginning this year, local groups can compete against each other in a slightly easier version of the firefighter combat challenge course to raise money for a local nonprofit.
The 31-year-old recounted his terrifying encounter. >> i remember looking down and seeing the claws. >> reporter: kaufman spotted a mountain lion like this one about ten feet away. he tried to wrel and wave his arms to scare it. that didn't work. >> it just kind of kept running and lunged at me. it was going toward my face. i threw up my hands to block my face at which point it grabbed on to my hand and wrist. that's when kind of my fear response turned into more of a fight response because i realized how close it was getting to my eyes. >> reporter: kaufman tried everything from sticks to a r...
Get away. be big. the thing pounces on him. what ensues is a death match against a mountain lion. you never heard about this. when you do, we know how it ends. listen to this kid. >> it kind of kept running and leu lunged at me. i threw up my hands to block my face. at which point it grabbed on my hand and wrist. that's when kind of my fear response turned into more of a fight response. >> fight or flight. here is what i gotta tell you that is impressive if you take the guy at his word. they go rolling down the side of a mountain. he has his arm stuck in the cat's mouth. he is trying to pin do...
At which point it grabbed on to my hand and wrist. that's when kind of my fear response turned into more of a fight response, because i realized how close he was getting to my eyes. >> kaufman tried everything from sticks to a rock. again, no success. >> at that point, more drastic measures were necessary. >> at 5'1/0" and about 150 pounds, kaufman managed to pin down the five-month-old nearly 40 pound animal. >> was able to shift my weight and get a foot on its neck. and at that point, i stepped on it, on its neck, with my right foot. a couple of minutes later, it finally stopped moving, an t...
It was going toward my face. i threw up my hands to block my face. at which point it grabbed on my hand and wrist. that's when kind of my fear response turned into more of a fight response. >> fight or flight. here is what i gotta tell you that is impressive if you take the guy at his word. they go rolling down the side of a mountain. he has his arm stuck in the cat's mouth. he is trying to pin down its back legs which can do damage. can do some damage. he is picking up sticks and rocks. he wants to hurt it, not kill it. he realizes, he says, when he hits it in the head and it doesn't let go, ...