In Alaska, 11-year-old boy saved adults from bear attack
In Alaska, 11-year-old Eliot Clark saved relatives, attacked by a brown bear on the way to fishing. About it reports the local edition of the Juneau Empire.
The boy, his father, uncle and cousin walked through the woods, accompanied by three dogs in Eastern Alaska. A group attacked the bear knocked to the ground by two men.
Eliot began to shoot at the animal with a shotgun. After the third shot, the bear fell to the ground, which gave adults the opportunity to use his weapon and kill the beast.
As the publication said the boy’s father, the whole group owe him my life. To react to an attack faster than any boy, according to his father, it helped that he was carrying a rifle in his hands, not the shoulder.
It is reported that this year is the first time when people had to kill an animal to save their lives. Last year, there were three cases of bear attack on humans.
June 19, Alaska black bear killed a 16-year-old participant of the mass of the race over rough terrain. The teenager managed to send an SMS to tell that he was being chased by a bear. The animal was wounded a Forester, but he managed to escape.