Texas boy, 6, reportedly snatched by mountain lion at Big Bend National Park

A 6-year-old Texas boy is reportedly recovering after being snatched by a mountain lion from his mother's hand at Big Bend National Park.

Rivers Hobbs was dragged into a bush next to a walkway near a restaurant at Chisos Mountains Lodge by the animal at about 8 p.m. Sunday as the boy's family returned to their room, the Austin Statesman reports.

The boy's father, Jason Hobbs, jumped on top of the lion and struck it while his wife, Kristi Harris, gripped its hind legs. Jason Hobbs eventually stabbed the lion chest with his pocketknife, Harris said.

The lion then dropped the boy and ran away, Harris said.

"This attack did not happen on a trail. We were not hiking," Harris told the newspaper. "We were on a paved walkway in between a restaurant and a hotel, and this cat grabbed my child from me."

Rivers was hospitalized overnight with puncture wounds and cuts. The family had planned to return to Leander, Texas, on Tuesday. Harris said her son is doing well despite the scare.

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