." >> reporter: 5-year-old simon impy. >> when i looked up there was a big cat on top of his head. >>ren whose parents fought off cougar attacks. >> i grabbed the only thing i had, which was a stainless steel water bottle. >> i went to hit him and kick him again. that's when he shied and he left. >> reporter: the cougar who attacked the toddler has gone from the hunter to the hunted. >> it's clear that this animal is a risk. and we will do everything we can to try and locate and this animal will be destroyed. >> reporter: shannon patterson, ctv news, vancouver. >> some experts say during some animal attacks the best thing you should do is play dead until the animal goes away. they say with a feline or a cat like this, that is not the way to go. >> fight, kick, do whatever you can to get the animal off of you but do not play dead. >> scream at it, scare it away. >> pretty scary. it's hard to say that and imagine what you would do. >> in the moment. you don't know until you're in it. lucky kid. >>> firefighters in north texas are facing more gusty winds today as they battle a wildfire t