Black Bear attack victim shares his survival story with WHAS11 News | WHAS11.com | Louisville news, Kentucky news & breaking news | WHAS11.com | News for Louisville, Kentucky
Posted: June 30th, 2010 | Author: jason | Filed under: bears, wildlife | Tags: aid, amp, attack, bear, bear attack, Black, black bear, breaking news, Camp, campground, Cape, com, death, Ear, field, Gorge, ground, hiker, home, Kentucky, kentucky news, leg, louisville news, NEW, news, night, pla, red river, red river gorge, ring, rip, river, Springfield, St, stitches, story, survival, survival story, Tim, tim scott, ton, trail, Tri, US, UT, victim, W. | No Comments »(WHAS11) - Tim Scott, the hiker that survived a black bear attack in Red River Gorge, sits down with WHAS11’s Claudia Coffey for his first television interview.
He allowed WHAS11 to come to his Springfield, Kentucky home where he explained how he escaped from the death grip of a black bear. He says the bear followed him along a trail in Red River Gorge, threw him 4 feet, then started chewing on his legs. Finally another hiker came to his aid.
He tells his account of what he thinking and how he tried to escape exclusively to WHAS11.
Scott survived but has 50 to 60 stitches on both legs. His story of survival in his own words, tonight at 5 and 6 p.m. on WHAS11 News and WHAS11.com.
The bear is still on the loose, and some 40,000 acres of campgrounds and trails are closed until the bear is caught.
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