
Runner fought off mountain lion with stick just weeks before fatal attack on same Colorado trail
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A suspected fatal mountain lion attack on a Colorado trail on New Year's Day followed another hiker's close call just weeks earlier on the same path.
Messina said he threw his phone at the animal while it kept circling behind him and was able to get away after a couple of minutes when he broke a stick off of a log and hit the mountain lion over the head with it.
"I had to fight it off because it was basically trying to maul me," Messina told The Associated Press. "I was scared for my life, and I wasn’t able to escape. I tried backing up, and it would try to lunge at me."
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