Authorities in a rural area of El Dorado County, Northern California, reported that a mountain lion assault on Saturday resulted in the death of a 21-year-old man and injured his brother.
At approximately 1:15 p.m. local time, El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies were called to a complaint of a mountain lion assault in a remote location close to Georgetown. They claimed that it was close to Skid Road and Darling Ridge Road.
An 18-year-old male reported that he and his 21-year-old brother were assaulted by a mountain lion while out antler shed hunting. The teenager said that during the incident, he was separated from his sibling and sustained facial injuries.
The 18-year-old was contacted just after 1:30 p.m. while deputies looked for his sibling. Deputies discovered a crouching mountain lion near to the victim on the ground around fifteen minutes later.
The 21-year-old was declared dead when the mountain lion fled after deputies fired their weapons to frighten it off. He is not known to exist.
For treatment, the teenager was brought to the hospital.
The mountain lion was found when the California Department of Fish and Wildlife responded to the area. It was put to death close to the spot, and the corpse was taken away for additional testing.
Authorities advised giving a mountain lion a way out, remaining cool and not running, making loud noises and trying to appear larger, carrying little children on your shoulders, and never crouching down if you come across one.
In El Dorado County, the last recorded fatal mountain lion assault occurred in 1994.
About 50 miles northeast of Sacramento sits Georgetown.
