I Think a Few Facts Were Left Out

newspaper report
Malibu, California
August 10th, 2025
mountain lion bites eleven-year-old girl

bites?
not mauls?
bites?
not kills?

I think the reporter left out a few things.
The girl was at her chicken coop
she began screaming

Her mother and a sibling came out with a stun gun
they stunned the mountain lion
the wildlife people responded, finding it hiding.
They shot it dead

How many people hear screaming and run outside with a stun gun?
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