Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Lake Forest was immediately evacuated after Monday's attack.
Experts say Monday’s attack on a 3-year-old boy is a reminder for people to use caution when in mountain lion country.Landon Wright, 46, has biked or hiked in the park nearly every day for the last three years. On Monday, while he was riding uphill, a mother ran down while carrying a young boy.The boy’s father and three other children ran past him.“Fifteen feet in the air was a mountain lion with a backpack in its mouth,” he said.
Wright snapped photos and watched the big cat, which he didn’t think posed an immediate threat, as it teetered on a tree limb. Wright flagged a couple walking along the path, telling them what he’d learned. The pair, Orange County park volunteers, contacted the authorities, and the group remained until officials arrived and sent the group away.Wright has a 3-year-old boy who also spends frequent time in the park, looking at bugs and playing in nature. The attack has given him pause.
“I’ve known there’s mountain lions there, but I’ve never heard of one going after a child surrounded by five other humans.”The attack occurred about an hour before sunset. Mountain lions are known to hunt from dusk to dawn. Wright referred to the timing as “predator hour” and said his major takeaway from the attack is to be cautious during that time, especially when children are present.
, 35, in Whiting Ranch. Reynolds, who was alone at the time of the attack, was apparently crouched over his bike when the cat approached. Experts at the time said a mountain lion will sometimes interpret a crouching animal as a sign of weakness. The same cat attacked another biker who had stumbled on Reynolds’ body. The woman was pried away from the cat by a friend and other bikers, and the cat was later killed.Foy said that following the attack, deputies gathered human DNA from the lion’s claws and teeth, and animal DNA from the boy. Officials drove the lion’s remains up to Sacramento, where it is being processed at a wildlife forensics laboratory.
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