16 Quotes by Tyler Baskfield

This is a very rare incident to happen.

It's typical mountain lion behavior after an attack like that. They're pretty curious to come back and see if they killed their prey.

It's not typical mountain lion behavior to attack a person like that. All of west Boulder is mountain lion habitat. Very rarely do they come into contact with people. They tend to be elusive.

The family did everything right in terms of defending the child. They used rocks and sticks and screamed at the cat.

If mountain lions were conducive to preying upon humans, there would be far more incidents. The average mountain lion is very well-behaved.

If you put deer and (ground) cover together, it's possible that mountain lions could be there. Boulder is bordered by mountain-lion habitat, and that's going to happen from time to time.

The dad was actually holding hands with his son at the time of the attack, walking along the trail.