At least 27 people have been injured in mountain lion attacks in Colorado since 1990, three of them fatally, but the victim in this incident escaped with minor scratches.
A search is under way for a mountain lion who clawed a man's head while he bathed in a hot tub with his wife in Colorado.
The couple were relaxing at a rental home in a wooded area of Nathrop at the time of the incident on Saturday night.He continued to shout at the curious cat and splash water at it while his wife shined a torch in its direction, eventually forcing the animal to retreat to the top of a hill.They managed to get back home and clean the man's wounds , before calling the property owner, who worked for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Wildlife officers have set a trap for the lion, having failed to find any tracks in the frozen snow covering the area.
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