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An elderly couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, was attacked by a mountain lion in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in California.

ell Hamm said she heard a 'horrible plea for help' and when she turned around, she saw her husband in the mouth of the lion. So she picked up a nearby log, about 3 to 4 inches in diameter and used it as a weapon.

"I just picked it up and started hitting the lion and hitting him hard but he wouldn't even flinch. He wouldn't let go," Nell told FOX News Friday morning as her husband recovered from a torn scalp, puncture wounds and other injuries on his arms, legs and hands.

"I just kept hitting him and hitting him and Jim was coherent through the whole thing," she said.

More encounters are sure to come.