An 8-year-old boy survived the attack of a cougar who bit his head

"I think that's what made me react: watch him chew on him. You have to protect your kids, "said Ron Carlson, Pike's father, about the horror scene he found in his garden on August 21st.

"I hit him and tried to grab something to hit him, like a stick. I found one and I tried to put it in his eyes. But he broke"said the boy about his fight against the cougar.

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As Pike struggled his head in the animal's mouth, his brother looked for his father, who He left the house with a knife and managed to scare the cougar, Reported the Denver Range.

After the attack, Pike was found with a broken skull in several places, from the orbital cavity to the jawbone. He did not lose his eyebut you will need plastic surgery to rebuild it.

L & # 39; animal was sacrificed by the staff Colorado Parks Department to avoid another episode of this nature.