The Beast of the Schoolhouse

"A large animal stood in the distance, perfectly framed by the doorway," he says. "It was a mountain lion, a dark reddish-brown cougar about three feet high and I'd say more than eight feet long." The hearing in his right ear temporarily failed when two rapid gunshots erupted from behind him. 'I had to extend my body outside to grab the old door handle and wrench it back towards me'