{"id":137845,"date":"2024-09-19T10:48:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/hero-12-year-old-saves-dad-from-bear-mauling-in-wisconsin-woods\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:48:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:48:28","slug":"hero-12-year-old-saves-dad-from-bear-mauling-in-wisconsin-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/hero-12-year-old-saves-dad-from-bear-mauling-in-wisconsin-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hero’ 12-year-old saves dad from bear mauling in Wisconsin woods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 12-year-old boy has shot dead a black bear that was mauling his father during a hunting trip in the US.<\/p>\n

Owen Beierman leapt into action and used his rifle to kill the animal – and may well have saved his dad’s life.<\/p>\n

“Owen was a hero. He shot that bear and killed it on top of me,” Ryan Beierman, 43, told the Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The pair had spotted the 90kg (14st) creature in woods near Siren, Wisconsin<\/a><\/strong> on 6 September, with Owen shooting and wounding it about 90 miles northeast of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Mr Beierman said they waited around 20 minutes before using a tracking dog to try to find the animal.<\/p>\n

“We were sort of hung up in a thicket when we heard the dog yelp and sprint past us in retreat,” he told the Star Tribune.<\/p>\n

“Just then, I stepped into a semi-clearing. I said, ‘There he is, Owen.'”<\/p>\n

The bear charged at close range and Mr Beierman fired a volley of shots from his pistol, but they all missed.<\/p>\n

“Before I knew it, I was flat on my back,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I started pistol-whipping him and it felt like I was striking a brick wall. I tried hitting him between the ear and mouth with a blunt edge of the pistol.”<\/p>\n

The bear then went for his head. “All I could see were his claws and teeth,” he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n

“I lifted my right arm to block him. I remember the first bite. I heard a crunch. The bear was still attacking. He wasn’t going to leave me.<\/p>\n

“The bear was fighting for its life, and I was fighting for mine,” said Mr Beierman.<\/p>\n

“I’m punching and kicking and flailing around. That’s when I saw a flash from the muzzle of Owen’s rifle.”<\/p>\n

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His son’s quick thinking meant he survived the ordeal – which he believes lasted about 45 seconds – and a neighbour collected the pair before an ambulance took them to a hospital.<\/p>\n

Mr Beierman was left with a gash to his cheek that needed 23 stitches, as well as seven puncture wounds and a cut arm.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin conservation officials confirmed the hunt was legal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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