"Kill or be killed:" Colorado deputy recounts cougar attack

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Fort Collins Coloradoan) — A Colorado sheriff's deputy says she had one thought when a rabid 91-pound mountain lion sprang at her from under a trailer in Larimer County: Kill it or be killed herself.

The Coloradoan reports 5-foot-3-inch Michelle Ross recently recounted the attack that happened on Wednesday.

She says she had a split-second to fire a shot before the animal was on her.

The Coloradoan reports the mountain lion knocked her to the ground and they wrestled before a park ranger kicked it and it fled.

Wildlife officers shot it near a house a short time later.

Ross suffered puncture wounds on her arm.