CNN —An 8-year-old was left with minor injuries after being attacked by a cougar in Washington’s Olympic National Park on Saturday evening, park officials said.
The child was camping with their mother at Lake Angeles, in the Heart O’ the Hills area south of Port Angeles when the cougar attacked, according to a news release from the National Park Service.
Staff evacuated all campers in the Lake Angeles area and closed the Lake Angeles and Heather Park areas until further notice.
“A person is one thousand times more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a cougar,” according to the department.
The Lake Angeles campground is about 100 miles west of Seattle.
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