This mans wife has balls

Steadfast · Post by **Steadfast** » January 26th, 2007, 4:01 pm

When mountain lion attacks, spouse fights back
Wife clubs big cat with log after husband is attacked in California state park

AP Associated Press
Updated: 2:29 p.m. ET Jan 26, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - Wildlife officials credited a woman with saving her husband's life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple were hiking in a California state park.

Jim and Nell Hamm, who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next month, were hiking in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park when the lion pounced, officials said Thursday.

"He didn't scream. It was a different, horrible plea for help, and I turned around, and by then the cat had wrestled Jim to the ground," Nell Hamm said in an interview from the hospital where her husband was recovering from a torn scalp, puncture wounds and other injuries.

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Everett Ruess · Post by **Everett Ruess** » January 26th, 2007, 4:12 pm

289sotherhalf · Post by **289sotherhalf** » January 26th, 2007, 4:19 pm

That is awesome! Good thing he wasn't alone, and that she was able to keep her composure and help, instead of panic!

Rangerguru · Post by **Rangerguru** » January 26th, 2007, 9:50 pm

50th wedding anniversary next month

and it's not like she's a spring chicken either. She has my vote for baddest grandma ever.

Slowpoke · Post by **Slowpoke** » January 27th, 2007, 8:07 am

Rangerguru wrote:
50th wedding anniversary next month
and it's not like she's a spring chicken either. She has my vote for baddest grandma ever.

Yeah, no shit! 65 years old and doing battle with a cougar! And she's a tiny old gal.

Horned Toad · Post by **Horned Toad** » January 27th, 2007, 9:23 am

now if gramma would had Mr 9MM along the story would have been alot shorter :D

AbnRgr289 · Post by **AbnRgr289** » January 27th, 2007, 2:16 pm

Rangerguru wrote:
50th wedding anniversary next month
and it's not like she's a spring chicken either. She has my vote for baddest grandma ever.

Damn straight, Grandma was kicking ass! :D

ANGRYCivilian · Post by **ANGRYCivilian** » January 29th, 2007, 7:36 am

BS502 wrote:I got the pen and tried to put it in his eye, but it didn't want to go in as easy as I thought it would.

Damn, I'll have to remember that. If you're going to stab someone/something in the eye do it with full force.

Chiron · Post by **Chiron** » January 29th, 2007, 7:47 am

When the pen bent and became useless, Nell Hamm went back to using the log. The lion eventually let go and, with blood on its snout, stood staring at the woman. She screamed and waved the log until the animal walked away.

Gutsy move.

"We fought harder than we ever have to save his life, and we fought together," she said.

Who dares wins!

IntelToad · Post by **IntelToad** » January 29th, 2007, 12:26 pm

They had video of him in the hospital on the news yesterday. That cat royally fucked him up .

ANGRYCivilian · Post by **ANGRYCivilian** » January 29th, 2007, 12:38 pm

Wade wrote:With all the Roosevelt Elk in Praire Creek Redwoods, you'd think that the cats would have plenty to eat.

Humans are probably less aware of their surroundings and a whole lot slower than Elk. These big-cat attacks seem to be happening more and more. Have the cats found a food source that is easier to catch or are there just too many people in the woods? I've heard there have been attacks in sub-urban areas also. That's crazy. You're walking to your mailbox one morning to get the paper and a huge cat tears your face off.

Here in FL we have the FL Panther. I've never seen one in the wild, but they're making a comeback. Florida wilderness is disappearing. How long before there are Panther attacks?