12-year-old boy fought off a bear that climbed into his yard

In Washington state, a 12-year-old boy fought off a bear that climbed into the yard. WILX-TV reports.

The incident occurred on Sunday, September 20 in Bellingham. In the evening, Robin Westgate had dinner with the family and went out into the backyard, where he encountered a bear.

“The bear and I scared each other. The choice was small: fight or die, he said.

The predator twice rushed at the child and scratched his side and leg. She grabbed the boy by the wrist with her teeth - then he poked her finger in the eye, began to beat and scream. Dad ran to the noise. The bear attacked him too, grabbed his arm. The man was able to hit the beast hard, and he ran away.

The bear has since returned to the house. The authorities set a trap, but it has not yet been caught.

The boy said that bears often appear in their area. He knew how to behave, but the fight with the beast scared him.

In Russia, cases of bear attacks on people have also increased recently. Recently in the Krasnoyarsk region, a bear killed a woman in the village of Voznesenka. And in Tuva, the bear tore Alexander Kuzmenko - the father of hockey player Andrei Kuzmenko.