"It was basically trying to maul me," said Gary Messina A hiker claims he fought off a mountain lion weeks before a woman died following a suspected attack on the same Colorado trail Gary Messina said ...

A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks.

This photo provided by Gary Messina shows a mountain lion in the brush between two trees along the Crosier Mountain trail in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests near Glen Haven, Colo., on Nov ...