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A five-year-old boy was brutally attacked by a mountain lion in California before his mother had to wrestle the animal off him, leaving him with lacerations on his face and covered in cuts and bruises.
Jack Trexler, 5, of Half Moon, was attacked around 6.50pm on Tuesday near his home. His mother Suzie Trexler had to fight the animal away from her son, who was left with some 'battle wounds.'
'He is the most courageous, adventurous little guy I have ever met and I am not surprised that if there was a kid who could wrestle a mountain lion and come out on top, it would be Jack,' his Aunt Amie Wagner wrote on GoFundMe, which has raised more than $26,000 in one day.
'Jack has many lacerations, especially on his precious face, in addition to a fracture near one eye. He is covered in cuts, bruises and scratches but his spirit remains intact.'
Jack Trexler, 5, of Half Moon, was attacked around 6.50pm on Tuesday near his home
His mother Suzie Trexler had to fight the animal away from her son, who was left with some 'battle wounds'
The family was told the mountain lion - who did not bite Jack, only scratched - barely missed a nerve near his eye by a centimeter.
Jack was walking ahead of his mother and grandparents along Tunitas Creek Road when a mountain lion pounced on him near his family's farm Potrero Nuevo. The mountain lion was getting a drink and the family suspects it was spooked by Jack, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Suzie charged at the animal after it began attacking her child. As she approached, the animal released Jack. Suzie instantly scooped her child into her arms and 'ran down the hill' to get him to safety and took him to a local hospital.
Jack was later transferred to a trauma center,
