The boy's father threw his backpack at the cougar, which let go of the child, grabbed the pack and sprinted up a nearby tree.
and grabbed him by the neck on Monday in a California wilderness park, authorities said.
"The mountain lion came out of somewhere and grabbed the 3-year-old by the neck and dragged him a short distance," said Bommarito. The boy's father threw his backpack at the cougar, which let go of the child, grabbed the pack and sprinted up a nearby tree. "I saw the family about 30 seconds after it happened," said Landon Wright, who was riding his mountain bike in the park."They were obviously shaken up. The mom was holding the boy and they were all scurrying by as fast as they could. She stopped and said, 'Hey, there's a mountain lion in a tree just past here.'"
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