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Okay, the lines are being drawn.

On one side you've got the sheriff's office in Hood County, Texas,

blaming a mountain lion for the mawling death of Christopher Whiteley,

making him the first fatal victim of a lion attack in state history. And the medical examiner who did Christopher's autopsy says,

yeah, it probably was a mountain lion. And then on the other side, you have all the game wardens,

trackers, and wildlife biologists who look at the same kill site and the same

injuries and say there's absolutely no way. Where are the tracks, the claw marks?

You know, there would be one simple way to settle this dispute once and for all.

Why not swab Christopher's wound for DNA?

Hey, can you hear me now? I can hear you now. Can you hear me?

I can. Okay. Good to meet you, Charlie.

Yes, Charlie. Nice to meet you.

This is Jonah Evans on the phone with Charlie Scudder back when Charlie was a reporter for

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