Seems a fellow on the West Coast got attacked by a mountain lion, and, from the lion’s mouth, calmly directed his wife to get the pen from his pocket and poke the lion in the eye.

The jury may still be out on whether the pen really is mightier than the sword, and the lion’s eye did bend this particular pen, but it seems we now know the pen (with the help of a log) is mightier than a lion. That seems important.

And, incredibly, the guy’s going to be fine.