Ex-Marine fends off Wyo. lion attack with chainsaw

Man fends off Wyo. lion attack with chainsaw
The Associated Press
Man fends off Wyo. lion attack with chainsaw
By MATTHEW BROWN (AP) – 21 hours ago

BILLINGS, Mont. — Wielding his chain saw as a weapon, a Colorado man says he fought off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming.

Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest when he saw the lion staring at him from some bushes.

Britton revved his 18-inch chain saw and tried to back away. But the 100-pound lion followed.
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