"It was a pretty bad scream, but I just assumed it was a kid acting up," a witness who arrived right after the attack said in an interview Tuesday.

A child is recovering after they were attacked by a mountain lion near Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park.

A four-year-old is recovering in the hospital after being attacked by a cougar in Olympic National Park. The child was bitten by a collared mountain lion while walking with their family on a popular trail Sunday afternoon, near the Victoria Overlook area on Hurricane Ridge, according to a news release from the National Park Service (NPS).