A 72-year-old Arkansas man is in hospice care after a rare and violent encounter with a black bear earlier this month, according to USA Today.
What happened?
Vernon Patton was riding a tractor along a gravel road near Mulberry Mountain in Franklin County on Sept. 3 when a yearling male black bear, weighing about 70 pounds, attacked him, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC).
Patton suffered “severe cuts and puncture wounds to his head and arms” before his son intervened by throwing rocks at the animal. Wildlife officers later shot and killed the bear, which tested negative for rabies and distemper.
The mauling is the first reported bear attack in Arkansas in 25 years, AGFC officials said, underscoring just how uncommon such incidents remain. Patton’s injuries were…more
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