{"id":1446,"date":"2023-08-02T12:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:39:31","slug":"watch-black-bear-bites-man-in-his-own-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Black Bear Bites Man in His Own Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"incArticle\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Home surveillance videos from John Swartz\u2019s house in rural Pennsylvania show the harrowing run-in he had with a black bear in his own garage on July 27. Swartz walked away from the encounter, but not before the 250-pound bear bit him on the top of his head.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLoriandJohn%2Fvideos%2F1019939266117648%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Swartz, 60, was watching TV with his wife Lori that Thursday evening when he went outside to shut off a water hose. Camera footage shows him walking across the front porch and stepping into the garage, where the shutoff valve for the hose is located.<\/p>\n<p>As he stepped into the dark garage, he scared a black bear that had walked in there hours earlier. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/632259885\/videos\/831374411829511\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Previous footage<\/a> captured by the same camera shows the bear entering the garage.) The startled bear tried to leave but had to get past Swartz to reach the door. The bear collided with Swartz and pushed him into some shelves. He couldn\u2019t see the animal but heard it growling as he backpedaled out of the garage.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Swartz can be seen falling backwards from the dark garage. The flash of a running black bear is visible as Swartz trips over the bear, tumbles to the ground, and then dashes across the porch into his home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was something huge. It hurt, and it was loud, like a growl. I got hit against the shelves and I remember holding my head,\u201d Swartz told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/article\/news\/local\/montour-county\/man-attacked-by-bear-in-montour-county-john-swartz-valley-township-black-bear-danville\/523-16d0a7e1-18ab-421a-9f96-0fdf1ca808b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC-16 News<\/a>. \u201cAfter we retrieved the video, I find out that me and the bear met again. I fell over the bear.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Lori heard the commotion from inside. When she went to the door and opened it, she saw John holding his head with blood running down his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI freaked out,\u201d Lori said. \u201cI thought he was scalped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She called 911 and tried to stop the bleeding on John\u2019s head. At one point, she looked out the window and spotted the bear in their yard as it calmly walked away. (This can also be seen near the end of the roughly minute-long video.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/survival\/camper-bitten-black-bear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cCowboy Camper\u201d Wakes Up with His Head in a Black Bear\u2019s Jaws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swartz was then taken to a local hospital. Doctors confirmed that he\u2019d been bitten by a bear, although his wounds were surprisingly minor.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors also lifted some of the bear\u2019s DNA off Swartz\u2019s body, which they shared with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgc.pa.gov\/Wildlife\/WildlifeSpecies\/BlackBear\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania Game Commission<\/a>. Officials plan to use the DNA to identify the bear if it\u2019s trapped, and they set a trap filled with doughnuts in the Swartz\u2019 yard later that night. The bear had not been caught as of Aug. 1. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/survival\/video-bear-bites-man-in-his-garage\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home surveillance videos from John Swartz\u2019s house in rural Pennsylvania show the harrowing run-in he had with a black bear in his own garage on July 27. Swartz walked away from the encounter, but not before the 250-pound bear bit him on the top of his head. 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