Bear horror attack: He broke into the cottage where the family was resting, almost killed his mother! – Topky.sk

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Laurel-Rose von Hoffman spent her vacation in her cottage on Lake Tahoe. On Saturday, October 30, early in the morning, she was awakened by strange roaring sounds from the ground floor. At first she thought it was her son, but when she went downstairs, she had a horrible look. A huge baribal bear was brawling in the kitchen, rummaging in the freezer and throwing food on the ground. When Laurel noticed, he immediately ran to her and attacked her. “I just remember waving a big paw in front of my face. Then I just felt my body tear.” recalls scary moments a former doctor who is currently undergoing chemotherapy because she has lymphoma.

She threw a quilt at him

The woman managed to run upstairs, but the bear ran after her. She threw a quilt at him, giving her more time. At that time, her husband and son had already woken up and ran out of their rooms. Then the beast finally withdrew and ran out of the house. Hoffman’s husband immediately called an ambulance, which took the American to the hospital. She suffered several injuries to the face, neck, back, shoulders and other parts of the body. Among other things, the bear bit her left breast and abdomen. Doctors subsequently prescribed antibiotics to the patient to prevent infections and inflammation, as she had weakened immunity as a result of chemotherapy, and also because bears are carriers of various bacteria.

The bear knows our cottage

Laurel and her family used to go to the lakeside lodge regularly, especially now that due to cancer and a pandemic, he can’t walk too much among the people. “It would be dangerous to go there now, because the bear knows our cottage, knows there is food in it, and knows how to get into it.” stated. Captain Patrick Fory of the California Fish and Wildlife Agency said they had set traps around the cottage. If they could catch him, he would have to be asleep.

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The black bear or baribal bear is the only species of bear that lives in the wild in California. There are currently around 25,000 to 30,000 of them. Many of them are also moving around Lake Tahoe, where the attack took place. This area is partly urbanized, as a result of which they have become accustomed to people and are not afraid of them. According to Foy, it often happens that someone breaks into a house or car or rummages in containers.