Why a Bear Attacked a Teen In His Sleep

While dozing under the stars in the mountains close Boulder County, Colorado, on Sunday morning, a 19-year-old camp advisor was awoken by what he at first seen to be a noisy crunching sound. The sound, it turned out, was a wild bear squeezing onto his head as it dragged him from his resting pack.

Talking with nearby Denver news station KMGH-TV, the high schooler, who was distinguished just as Dylan, guaranteed he trusted the crunching sound was caused by the bear's teeth diving into his skull.

As the bear pulled at him, Dylan and the four different campers dozing by the lake attempted to battle the bear off. He appraises the bear dragged him a sum of 12 feet before he could pry himself free.

Dylan shows wild survival at the camp and knew the most ideal approach to battle off a mountain bear assault is to battle back. He and alternate campers endeavored to drive the bear off before it in the long run left. (At the point when stood up to with different bears, for example, grizzlies, specialists prescribe twisting into a ball.)

The 19-year-old was dealt with at a close-by healing facility and got staples for his injuries.

"I'm not perplexed of the bears. I'm not apprehensive of dozing outside any longer. You simply must know and regard the creatures," Dylan told KMGH-TV

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is currently on the chase for the bear, which they say they will euthenize in the event that it can be gotten. Starting studies of the campgrounds after the assault did not discover any sustenance that could have pulled in the bear, making the episode much more uncommon.

Truth be told, the ridiculous assault has shaken the group so much that any bear gotten in the range throughout the following couple of days will probably be euthanized, Colorado Parks and Wildlife representative told the Associated Press.