Cougar Attack

Two people were attacked by a cougar in front of their cabin in Dos Rios, Mendocino County today. The California Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said the attack occurred at 4:30 a.m. when Kathleen Jones of San Francisco, was examining the wounds on her dog and the cougar darted our from under the porch. Her friend Troy smith was near and he reportedly tried to fend the animal off but it bit his thumb. That is when Kathleen's husband, Chuck Jones, hit the cougar with a baseball bat and it ran away.
Smith was treated and released from Frank Howard Memorial Hospital, as was Kathleen Jones who was bitten on the left forearm. Here is what Jones had to say about the incident: "Now, I'm just glad we're alive because it was a close call. That cat was big, it was strong, and it was aggressive. I thought I was a goner."