By Daily Press staff
Shannon Parker, 27, is in stable condition and is healing at the UCLA Medical Center after being attacked by a mountain lion over the weekend. Parker was hiking with her boyfriend and two others in the Giant Sequoia National Monument area about 15 miles north of Kernville. She was attacked on a narrow part of the trail as she walked alone to her car to retrieve sunglasses.
When Parker screamed, her friends ran to her rescue and stabbed the lion two times and threw rocks at it until it ran away. Authorities later killed the 2-year-old animal.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 30, 2004. Read the original PDF.