A family camping in Eastern Idaho scared off a mountain lion that tried to snatch their 4-year-old daughter away from their campfire.

The cougar dropped the girl after family members yelled at the animal. She had a few scratches but thankfully, no other injuries.

The family said they had saw the mountain lion in the area earlier that day.

With the help of a local hound hunter, agency officials tracked the cougar to a tree a few hundred yards from the camp the next day.

Scary! I don't even know what I would do, but thank goodness this family acted quickly. It could have ended very differently.

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