We would like to be able to say for certain that we killed the right lion, but unfortunately all we can say is that these protein tests neither confirm, nor disprove that this is the lion that was involved in the attack.
We are still confident that this is the lion that attacked the boy.
They don't like seeing people any more than people like seeing mountain lions. This is a very rare incident that a mountain lion would actually attack someone.
It's typical mountain lion behavior after an attack like that. They're pretty curious to come back and see if they killed their prey.
It's not typical mountain lion behavior to attack a person like that. All of west Boulder is mountain lion habitat. Very rarely do they come into contact with people. They tend to be elusive.