When Travis Kauffman went for a run near Fort Collins, Colorado, he had no idea that he’d have to wrestle a mountain lion.

Kauffman moved to Colorado roughly a year ago because he wanted to live a more active, outdoor lifestyle.

Well, you can’t say he didn’t get what he was after.

The lion pounced on Kauffman after he tried to scare it away when he heard it emerge on the path behind him.

Here’s CNN,

“It was just pure adrenaline,” he told reporters. “There was a certain point where I just kind of imagined being stuck on this hillside and eventually just having a cat gnaw at me, which is a creepy way to go. But, for the most part, the adrenaline just kept kicking in at those moments.”

Here he is with the full story:

I know it was self-defence, but still – poor kitty.

[source:cnn]