California Couple Fights Off 70-Pound Bear, Suffering Significant Injuries as Animal Is Euthanized
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
California Couple Fights Off 70-Pound Bear, Suffering Significant Injuries as Animal Is Euthanized
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
Summary
A Mammoth Lakes couple drove themselves to a hospital after a 70-pound black bear clawed and bit both of them outside their home during an early-morning attack.
Police said the woman opened her door around 6 a.m. Monday and found one of her dogs fighting the 17-month-old bear; when she intervened, the bear turned on her and then aggressively confronted the man.
A water bottle and the blunt end of a hatchet helped the couple stop the attack, critically injuring the bear; two dogs are expected to recover from minor injuries.
California wildlife officials later euthanized the bear after determining it posed a public-safety threat.
Mammoth Lakes police said bear sightings are common in the Sierra Nevada town, but attacks are rare and this level of aggression is highly unusual.