It was PAW Patrol to the rescue for an adventure-attracting Loon Lake two-year-old and Felix the cat, who presumably only has eight lives left after a potentially nasty eagle encounter was averted by a dollar store helmet.

Leanne Peters, her husband Kevin, and daughters Morgan (four) and Carsyn (two) love living at their ranch in what Leanne calls 91裸聊视频渢he heart of the wilderness91裸聊视频� at Loon Lake, south of Clinton. The family is no stranger to media attention, however: Kevin is a world-renowned sculptor, while Carsyn created headlines when she made an early arrival in the parking lot of a Cache Creek restaurant in February 2019 as Leanne and Kevin were en route to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops for Leanne to give birth.

Two weeks ago, Carsyn was outside the family home playing with Felix, one of the barn cats that lives on the property. The area plays home to a large number of bald eagles, and Leanne says that the family loves to watch them soaring overhead or perched above the creek that borders their ranch, waiting for their next meal. However, it isn91裸聊视频檛 just fish that the eagles go after.

91裸聊视频淚n spring especially there are lots of them; we count a dozen in the sky all the time. They91裸聊视频檙e always after our ducks and chickens, so we91裸聊视频檙e always watching when we see an eagle flying low.91裸聊视频�

Cats also attract their attention, and on this day one of the birds clearly had Felix in its sights. Leanne saw one particular eagle diving at a distance, and knew Carsyn was outside, but didn91裸聊视频檛 think the bird was going anywhere near her.

91裸聊视频淚 thought it was going in the creek. Its feet were down like it was committed to diving, and it was eight feet off the ground when my husband yelled.91裸聊视频�

Carsyn loves the family91裸聊视频檚 barn cats, and chases them around and plays with them all day. She had been playing with Felix, and was wearing a plastic PAW Patrol helmet that was left over from Morgan91裸聊视频檚 birthday party. 91裸聊视频淐arsyn isn91裸聊视频檛 a huge PAW Patrol fan 91裸聊视频� her sister is 91裸聊视频� but she loves wearing hats or helmets, thankfully,91裸聊视频� says Leanne.

The eagle91裸聊视频檚 eyes were zoned in on Felix, and Leanne says it probably only saw Carsyn at the last second, when the girl came out from behind a tree.

91裸聊视频淚t turned its head and looked at her, and when Kevin yelled, Carsyn looked at him like 91裸聊视频榃hat?91裸聊视频� She didn91裸聊视频檛 notice the eagle, but the eagle saw her.

91裸聊视频淚t was committed, and didn91裸聊视频檛 have time to stop, so when Kevin yelled and it saw Carsyn it pulled one foot up, but still had one foot down. It bounced off the helmet and pushed off with that one foot, got its wings going again, and took off. We91裸聊视频檝e never had one dive that close to us.91裸聊视频�

The blow was strong enough to knock the helmet from Carsyn91裸聊视频檚 head and tumble the girl to the ground. 91裸聊视频淪he wasn91裸聊视频檛 scared or crying,91裸聊视频� says Leanne. 91裸聊视频淪he just kind of looked up and around and said 91裸聊视频楴o!91裸聊视频� like she was annoyed that her helmet had been knocked off. Then she said 91裸聊视频楰itty hurt?91裸聊视频� three times in a row, so I think she knew what had happened.91裸聊视频�

Although Carsyn and Felix were unscathed, it was only when they looked at the helmet that Leanne and Kevin realized what a close call it had been.

91裸聊视频淎ll four talons made contact; there were four scratches on the helmet. It91裸聊视频檚 pretty unbelievable. It91裸聊视频檚 a hard plastic helmet. and one claw almost pierced through and put a crack in the helmet. The skin on the top of her head is way softer, so if she wasn91裸聊视频檛 wearing the helmet those marks would have been on her head, and we definitely would have been off to the hospital.

91裸聊视频淭hey have dirt in their claws so there91裸聊视频檚 a risk of infection, even if it91裸聊视频檚 just superficial scratches, but those probably wouldn91裸聊视频檛 have been. An eagle91裸聊视频檚 claws are quite sharp. I can91裸聊视频檛 imagine what a disaster this could have been and what a near miss it was. She91裸聊视频檚 obsessed with putting hats on, so thank goodness she likes wearing them, otherwise it could have been a very different thing. It91裸聊视频檚 scary how if one little detail had been different, how our day or week could have gone.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Leanne says that Carsyn has talked about the incident a little bit since it happened.

91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檒l hear us talking about it, and chime in 91裸聊视频楨agle no hurt kitty.91裸聊视频� She also associates the helmet with the incident, and every once in a while she91裸聊视频檒l see one of the cats and go 91裸聊视频楨agle, kitty, no.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Carsyn also has a word of warning for any nearby eagles she spots.

91裸聊视频淲e have eagles flying around here all the time, so she sees them a lot, and will say 91裸聊视频楴o!91裸聊视频� as if to say 91裸聊视频業91裸聊视频檓 going to tell that eagle to stay away from my kitty.91裸聊视频� She91裸聊视频檚 pretty confident and outgoing, and not easily scared. Nothing fazes her.91裸聊视频�

Leanne says that even at the tender age of two, Carsyn is getting a reputation for creating good stories.

91裸聊视频淥ur tough two-year-old girl saved her kitty, and a cheap dollar store PAW Patrol hat saved her. That91裸聊视频檚 our girl. We91裸聊视频檒l have to get a bigger baby book for her.91裸聊视频�

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