When 31-year-old Travis Kaufman was pounding on a ravine day, battling a mountain lion that wouldn't let go of his wrist, the Colorado man took to heart, in fact that it had the ability to be his final day alive.

"Well, that would be a shitty enough method to die," Kaufman recalls. About this he told Luke Runyon from the radio station KUNC in his first interview for the media. "It's pretty much turned into a full-fledged fight for survival."

Kaufman's indescribable situation went through rounds earlier this month when media around the world announced an anonymous runner who killed a young mountain lion in self-defense. At that time, a number of details were announced, and correspondents had the opportunity to trust for approval from the Colorado parks and unbridled nature. On Thursday, Kaufman's face was announced to the world at a press conference.

It was an unseasonably warm day when Kaufman, within 5 feet 10 and 155 pounds, threw shorts and a fleece and headed for the foothills around Fort Collins for a trail running the day of February. 4. He decided not to listen to music on the run — a conclusion that, according to his lyrics, could save his life, due to the fact that it actually allowed him to hear his surroundings. Halfway there, he stopped to admire the view from the top of the ridge.

As he descended through the narrow woody part of the trail, he said to Kunz: "I could hear the pine needles rustling behind me.- Sometimes he doesn't turn around, due to the fact actually what usually is a elementary deer or squirrel. At this one Kaufman turned around and noticed a mountain lion 10 feet away.

He said, actually experienced the reality of history in their own gut. "Time of my worse fear was confirmed," he said.

Kaufman raised his hands and yelled, trying to intimidate the Lion-as experts on unbridled nature hope-but the lion rushed.

"His jaws were locked on my hand and wrist and almost all the time remained there," said Kaufman Kunz. A giant cat entangled around the body of the man and plunged the front claws into his back. Kaufman, who was the founder of the cat in the direction of the last 6 months, knew how unsafe the cat's hind legs were.

Kaufman said, in fact he felt a wave of fear, worry, actually what the mother of the young cat has the ability to be close and have the opportunity to join the fight. But it was the only they he is a friend. Mired in the struggle for life or death, they fell together 20 feet from the trail into the ravine.

The lion now rested on his back, but his teeth still clenched the man's wrist, and he still clawed at him.

Kaufman one foot pinned the back of the animal to the Ground. After that he tried to subdue the creature with sticks, he said, but they were putrid and of no harm. As a result, he caught a granite and began to beat it on the cat's head, stunning the creature.

But when Kaufman talks, in fact he yelled "primal scream" and went on the killing.

"I put my right foot on his neck, and then managed to weigh down a few trachea, and it eventually strangled him."

All told, according to his texts, the battle lasted within 10 minutes.. It was only when the cat was dead that he finally let go of Kaufman's hand.

Only he killed the beast, he ran forth, blood dripping off his face and wrist, testing, in fact that for him all the time watching the Lions. In the end, he found a runner and 2 tourists who gave him water and took him to the branch urgent support, where he imposed more than 2-10-s seams.

According to CPW, the young lion weighed between 35 and 40 pounds. The autopsy approved, in fact he was murdered by a method of strangulation. CPW said, in fact, Kaufman was the 22nd person attacked by a mountain lion in Colorado since 1990.

Kaufman told reporters that he did not dare to tell his own situation, believing that he could not justify his own personal reputation as "Chuck Norris". "The situation is more than my insignificant form," he said.

Kaufman said, in fact it feels very good and has a view of is soon re-start to run — the one with the other. In any case.