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Lion mauls 6-year-old boy in Texas

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    Child attacked in Big Bend National Park

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The seventeen stitches on the right side of his face may be out by next week but the -- Hobbs.

The memory of what -- this injury will not soon fade away.

The six year old was attack Sunday by a -- -- much smaller and younger than this one but.

Just as dangerous it happened Sunday at big bend national park.

Rivers and his parents were on a walkway near the main -- heading to the room and the cougar pounced and -- a a after the Stanley returns to the early in her home.

Rivers will have to go through a series of rabies shots.

I am so sorry about that next door neighbor Jesse Brennan knew the family was on a trip but didn't know about the attack.

Just -- the wrong time please start screwing everything.

I'm really sorry about that and people -- should be very careful on those parks earlier today.

The mountain lion attacked another family who warned rivers parents.

Plus what to Christie terrorist by phone and she told me that they were going to camp out doors until they talked about other family.

So they went back to the launch had -- It's sort of walking back to their hotel room when there were confronted by the mountain line Christie says the -- -- literally snatched her son from her hands.

Cat bring up and part of me on the part of me -- -- -- It.

I thought oh wait from where we were walking I still haven't you know -- -- for a good while -- bit.

Be all that huge jerk and a Coke went into the ground and look at it.

Rivers was saved by his dad.

That was.

Left on -- space we got -- got my pocket.

Static.

-- us.

What goes up point.

The experience will not keep the family from venturing outdoors again but rivers parents say the way that they will walk the trails in the future.

Will be much more guarded.

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