How to Fight off a Bear, Lion, and Wolfpack with a Knife. You could kill a lion with even less than that (see video). I now have a new respect for the ability of a knife as a defensive tool in the woods. He pulled out what looked to me to be a Buck 110 and killed the cougar. However, a man may be able to kill a lion with a knife if he was using it to fend for his life against such a beast. Currently watching "Human Prey II" on Discovery. “He … The man was unarmed, without even a knife. And individual men have certainly defended themselves or their families against individual lions in the bush with only basic weapons. Man Who Suffocated An Attacking Mountain Lion Describes Fight For His Life Travis Kauffman, 31, was halfway through his run in the foothills outside Fort Collins, Colo., when he … A man running along a trail in Colorado who was attacked by a young mountain lion this week managed to choke it to death and escape, state wildlife officials said. VICTORIA, B.C. In a contest of man against beast, a 61-year-old man pulled out his trusty pocketknife to slay a cougar and save his own life. So he used rocks to pound at the mountain lion before he was able to get his hands around its throat. Runner kills mountain lion in self defense after attack at Horsetooth Rock ... a pocket knife—to do everything you can to fight back,” Ferrell said. The man … Dave Parker killed the … -- A 61-year-old man won a life-and-death struggle with a cougar outside a small northern Vancouver Island village, killing the animal with his 3-inch pocket knife. A man was attacked and scalped by a cougar and almost killed. If a wild animal—or even a pack of wild animals—attacks you, a knife might be your only defense. A man attacked by a mountain lion survived after stabbing the animal with a pocketknife Mike Simons/Getty Request Reprint & Licensing , Submit Correction or view Editorial Guidelines The debate A man who fought off a mountain lion attack with a pocketknife and some rocks near Kremmling is thankful his brush with the predator didn’t turn out much worse.