"It was a pretty bad scream, but I just assumed it was a kid acting up," a witness who arrived right after the attack said in an interview Tuesday.

A 4-year-old boy was dragged from a popular trail by a cougar Sunday on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. A New Jersey man visiting the Northwest with his wife recalls what it was like to witness the aftermath of the attack.

A 4-year-old was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center Sunday after being attacked by a cougar in the Hurricane Ridge area of Olympic National Park. The cougar was later killed.