a man attacked by a mountain lion is reliving his life and death struggle with the big cat. 31-year-old travis kauffman heard rustling behind him. he tried scream teg adolescent cat, but it attacked. it was going toward my face. so i threw up my hands to block my face. at which point it grabbed onto my hand and wrist. i remember looking down and seeing the claws like retracting and coming out of its paws. and i was just very concerned that mom was going to come out of nowhere. and at that point that fight would be over pretty quickly. i will never be able to live up to the reputation.