A five-year-old Colorado boy's playtime turned into a traumatic escapade when he encountered an unexpected playmate: a mountain lion. During the harrowing rescue Friday evening, the mother "reached into the animal's mouth and wrested her son's head from its jaws," The Aspen Times reported. The child was playing outside with his brother when his mother heard the sound of screaming, Pitkin County police said in a statement. She rushed outside to find a mountain lion on top of her son and her son's head inside the mouth of the lion. But Mom was ready for a fight. According to a local deputy, "she was able to pry the cat's jaws open" and get her son away. Both mother and son received minor injuries, but are now in good condition—thanks to her heroic actions.

Possible Preaching Angle:

At various points in the Bible, we find God described as a motherly figure: a woman giving birth (), a mother offering comfort to her children (). Even when it feels like we're trapped by whatever lions (or tigers, or bears) we might be facing in our own lives, we have a heavenly parent who fights for us.

Source:

Jason Auslander, “Mother of boy attacked by lion ‘a hero,’” Aspen Times (7-20-16); Merrit Kennedy, “Colorado Mother Fights Off Mountain Lion To Save Her Son,” NPR (7-19-16)