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Mountain Lion Colorado Runner Killed Was A Young Kitten

The mountain lion a Colorado runner claimed to have killed in January was a very young kitten. Travis Kauffman, 31, has been on many morning TV shows describing his lion…

VALLEJO, CA – APRIL 26: Chris Llewellyn, supervisor of wildlife plays with one of three 11 month old cougar cubs at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on April 26, 2007 in Vallejo, California. The cougar cubs were given to the park from the Idaho Fish & Game in March after they were found motherless in the wild and it was determined that they would not survive in the wild. They will be a part of the park’s Wildlife Theater show. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

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The mountain lion a Colorado runner claimed to have killed in January was a very young kitten.

Travis Kauffman, 31, has been on many morning TV shows describing his lion attack in which he killed the mountain lion with his bare hands.

The necropsy report is back and the lion Kauffman killed was a young kitten, 2 or 3 months old weighting 24 pounds at the time of death.

Here is a video of a 2 month old mountain lion.