'Once she grabbed me it was like a car wreck it happened so quick,' the hunter Ronnie Dalton said.
But when he reached the floor, he spotted her and the animal rushed towards him in an aggressive manner.
"When I came to and got to my senses and looked, she was already leaving with her two cubs, thank goodness," Dalton said."And so then I looked down and saw my britches was tore and my leg gashed open. I said to myself, 'I have to get out of here.' I grabbed my bow and took off toward the house." Dalton managed to get himself to a medical center where he was treated for his injuries. He is recovering well but may need crutches to walk for some time.that he didn't know of any other bear attacks that had occurred in the county, although he said the bear population on the area was on the rise.
Stock image showing a black bear. A Virginia man and Maryland woman have both been attacked by black bears in separate incidents.Human injuries due to bears attacks are very rare, and fatal bear attacks even rarer, Frank van Manen, a research wildlife biologist from the U.S. Geological Survey's Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team told.
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