A 70-year-old man was attacked by a cougar in Spanish Fork canyon Thursday afternoon. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
A 70-year-old man was attacked by a cougar in Spanish Fork Canyon Thursday afternoon, and sheriff's deputies are warning individuals to avoid the world.
The person was attacked close to Diamond Fork about 1 p.m, the Utah County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned on social media. He was in a position to escape with simply lacerations on his arms and head.
The person was handled at Spanish Fork Hospital and is in honest situation, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Assets will ship crews out to search for the cougar on Friday. Within the meantime, the sheriff's workplace urges everybody to avoid the Diamond Fork space.