The father of a 5-year-old British Columbia boy who was attacked by a cougar in Washington state says his son is recovering well from the traumatic ordeal.
Mark Impey was on a hike with his wife and two children in Colville National Forest on Wednesday when he was faced with the most terrifying ten seconds of his life.
Impey and his daughter were walking about 50 metres ahead of his wife and son when he was startled by their screams.
At first, Impey assumed they had stepped on a wasp nest. But when he ran back to check, he saw that a big cat had his son, Simon, by the head and his wife, Dawn, was trying furiously to fend the animal off with a metal water bottle.
"I really think it was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time," Impey said in an interview.
Dawn's repeated blows with the water bottle finally forced the cougar to retreat into the bush.
But it was then that Impey saw Simon's face and Dawn's hands both covered in blood.
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