Bear Attacks Vail Worker On A Break
Victim Says He Has Bruises, Scratches, Black Eye
POSTED: 12:13 pm MDT June 18, 2010
UPDATED: 12:26 pm MDT June 18, 2010
EAST VAIL, Colo. -- A man working at his father's construction business in East Vail says he was just taking a walk on his break when he was attacked by a bear."I spooked him," Justin Young told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. "He immediately charged at me."Young said the 400-pound bear hit him on the side of his head and the left side of his body, then knocked him out. Young told the newspaper when he regained consciousness the bear was gone.
Young has some cuts and bruises, and a nasty black eye.Randy Hampton, spokesman for the Division of Wildlife, told the newspaper the agency tracked the bear for more than 12 hours Friday and could see the bear a few times but couldn't catch it.
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