"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 4-year-old was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center Sunday after being attacked by a cougar in the Hurricane Ridge area of Olympic National Park.The cougar was later killed.A cougar with a tracking collar bit the child while they were walking with their family on a popular trail near the Victoria Overlook,

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).