Wild video displays a black undergo chasing after which attacking a hiker within the Poconos — with it later trying out certain for rabies, in keeping with officers.
Sufferer Andrew Nierer advised NBC 10 that he used to be strolling on a path close to his house in Jim Thorpe, Pa. on Sunday when he noticed the 200-pound undergo.
Video bought through the opening displays Nierer seeking to stroll away — only for the animal to provide chase and leap as much as assault him.
A neighbor rushed out to lend a hand, grabbing a gun and taking pictures lifeless the undergo to forestall the assault, NBC 10 stated.
A snappy-thinking neighbor shot down the undergo earlier than it would critically injure Andrew Nierer. WBRE-TV
Nierer says he’s doing alright after the wonder assault. WBRE-TV
The undergo later examined certain for rabies, the Pennsylvania Sport Fee stated, noting that bears are in most cases now not competitive towards other folks.
Nierer additionally expressed sympathy for his attacker, noting that it have been noticed previous in a marketplace and will have to were in hibernation.
“I feel primary she used to be simply scared,” he stated — whilst additionally considering the undergo used to be most probably “ravenous.”
Whilst rabies in bears is unusual, and a case rising in a given house is typically remoted, rabies poses a possibility to all mammals the Sport Fee stated.
