A mountain lion attack left one individual useless and one other injured in a distant space of Northern California on Saturday, officers mentioned.

The 18-year-old and 21-year-old brothers have been antler shed searching in Georgetown, California, when the mountain lion attacked the pair, in accordance with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.

The youthful brother known as 911 at 1:13 pm to report being separated from his older brother throughout the attack, officers mentioned.

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Deputies started looking out the world, and at round 1:46 pm., they discovered the mountain lion crouched subsequent to the older brother. Shots have been fired to scare off the animal.

The 21-year-old was useless by the point deputies reached him. The 18-year-old suffered “traumatic injuries” to his face and was taken to a neighborhood hospital for remedy, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Authorities haven’t launched the names of the victims.

Wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are working to find the mountain lion.

Georgetown is about 40 miles northeast of Sacramento.

Mountain lion assaults on people are uncommon. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife have reported 13 assaults in the state since 2004, with just one being deadly.