Cougar Attack

Two people were attacked in front of their cabin by a cougar in Mendocino County today. At approximately 4:30 a.m., Kathleen Jones was attacked while checking on her wounded Border Collie on the porch. The cougar lunched out from under the porch, biting off the finger of a friend Troy Smith while trying to fend off the ferocious animal. It was at that time that Chuck Jones, Kathleen’s husband, hit the Cougar with a baseball bat, and watched it flee the scene. Kathleen had this to say about the incident, “Now, I'm just glad we're alive because it was a close call. That cat was big, it was strong, and it was aggressive. I thought I was a goner." On a positive note, Kathleen Jones as well as Troy smith have been treated, and released from Frank Howard Memorial. The California Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have reportedly dealt with a similar Cougar case in Placerville, Calif. DNR authorities later tracked down and killed the 80-pound cat.