She jumped down the back steps and charged the animal, fighting to make it release her son's arm.
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife's quick actions for their son's survival.
Kevin Bromley said his son Zach was playing in the family's backyard in Lake Cowichan, B.C., on Friday, when a cougar leapt toward him but bounced off a metal fence before clawing its way through the barrier.Zach tried to run away but the cougar pounced. He was lucky the animal was small and Zach was wearing a hoodie, Bromley said, because it protected his neck and Zach"turtled" his head during the struggle.
Bromley said his wife Chelsea heard the fence rattle and looked out to see the cougar trying to drag her son away. She jumped down the back steps and charged the animal, fighting to make it release her son's left arm."She's so selfless, she had to get its mouth off of Zach. She literally did and I'm not glorifying it, I'm just saying this is what happened — she had to pry its mouth open," he said.
"This was a pretty near-death experience for him. When a kid is seven, that stuff doesn't typically come to your mind."More from HuffPost Canada:
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