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When a young mountain lion clamped its jaws onto Travis Kauffman’s wrist and clawed at his face, he screamed a “barbarian yell,” jammed his foot onto the animal’s neck and held it there until the cat quit thrashing and died._ --- Jul 28, 2023 3:07 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [A Runner Fought Off and Killed a Mountain Lion During an Attack](/video/xKJ0CPrg/) ### A Runner Fought Off and Killed a Mountain Lion During an Attack [Man Recounts Horrific Attack That Killed His Wife, Son and In-Laws](/video/5S31QBaC/) ### Man Recounts Horrific Attack That Killed His Wife, Son and In-Laws [No, Sharks Will Not Attack You During a Hurricane](/video/PuDhy1gR/) ### No, Sharks Will Not Attack You During a Hurricane --- ## Transcript I ended up hearing some pine needles rustle, like a stick break. And I turned around and just was pretty bummed out to see a mountain lion chasing after me. It just kinda kept running and lunged at me. It was going toward my face, so I threw up my hands to kinda block my face at which point it grabbed on to my hand and wrist and from there it started to claw at my face and neck and that's when kind of my fear response turned into more of a fight response. And I picked up a rock that I had seen kind of near us It's pretty heavy and it's kinda hard to wield and I tried to give it a few bashes on the back of the head. 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