Skier suffers brutal mauling after stepping within 10 feet of snow leopard for photo, video shows

A pistillate skier was viciously mauled by a snowfall leopard connected Friday aft approaching the predator excessively intimately for a photo, according to chilling footage of the incident.

The encounter, which near the woman’s look severely bloodied, occurred astir 7 p.m. successful Fuyun County, on China’s bluish borderline with Mongolia, according to Jam Press.

Footage shows a woman, who reportedly edged arsenic adjacent arsenic 10 feet to the leopard, lying motionless successful the snowfall arsenic the predator hovered adjacent aft the mauling. Witnesses past appeared to assistance usher her distant arsenic humor poured from her face. 

Local reports noted that the pistillate miraculously survived partially due to the fact that her helmet helped forestall much superior harm.

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A snowfall leopard remains adjacent an injured skier lying successful the snowfall aft a mauling successful Fuyun County, China, connected Jan. 23, 2026. The pistillate was aboriginal rescued and hospitalized. (Jam Press)

Authorities antecedently issued warnings aft aggregate radical reported carnal sightings adjacent the edifice the time before, according to Jam Press. The leopard was believed to beryllium lingering astir the country owed to a deficiency of food.

Reports indicated that a skier spotted the leopard portion making her mode backmost to the hotel. When she was incapable to get a bully space for a photo, she reportedly kept approaching until the leopard pounced and mauled her face. The predator was yet driven disconnected by a skis teacher waving his poles.

The injured skier was transported to a section infirmary for attraction and was reported to beryllium successful unchangeable condition. 

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Skiers assistance a pistillate aft she was mauled by a snowfall leopard successful Fuyun County, China, connected Jan. 23, 2026. (Jam Press)

In the days starring up to the attack, authorities had warned visitors of aggregate snowfall leopard sightings successful the area. While snowfall leopards connected humans are historically uncommon owed to the animals’ shy and elusive nature, officials noted that the large cats inactive person "aggressive tendencies" and urged tourists to debar lingering oregon approaching them for photos.

"Recently, snowfall leopard enactment has been detected successful Gem Valley, Keketuohai," the informing said, according to Jam Press. "Snow leopards are ample predators with beardown assertive tendencies. When passing done this area, delight determination rapidly and bash not linger. Do not get retired of your conveyance oregon attack to instrumentality photos, and ne'er locomotion unsocial successful the surrounding area." 

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A snowfall leopard is seen roaming done heavy snowfall adjacent a skis country successful Fuyun County, China, connected Jan. 23, 2026. (Jam Press)

Tourists staying astatine a adjacent guesthouse confirmed that they saw a leopard successful the country anterior to the attack, according to the outlet.

"We saw it past night, a fewer kilometers from wherever the onslaught took place, but we can't corroborate if it's the aforesaid snowfall leopard," 1 witnesser said.

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China is location to the largest colonisation of chaotic snowfall leopards successful the world, according to the Snow Leopard Trust, with the state harboring the bulk of the planetary population.

An probe into the onslaught is ongoing.