'Punching for my life': Calgary man recounts cougar attack in Banff National Park
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Spencer Weilermann was on a solo day trip Monday, hiking along the Rockbound Lake trailhead around 11 a.m. when the life-threatening encounter occurred.
A Calgary man sustained just minor injuries but says he's lucky to be alive following a cougar attack in Banff National Park this week.
Spencer Weilermann was on a solo day trip Monday, hiking along the Rockbound Lake trailhead around 11 a.m. when the life-threatening encounter occurred.
The 23-year-old had low battery on his phone, so he started back to the parking lot area.
He went about 20 metres off-trail to urinate when suddenly, a cougar latched onto him.
"I felt this giant weight on my shoulder. Something clawed around onto my face," Weilermann said.
"I just grabbed as much hair as I could, chucked it off my shoulder and kind of did like a front flip, and we tumbled down this hill. It was just pure adrenaline. I wasn't thinking.
"It was just an immediate reaction to get whatever this is off of me."
