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A teenage boy was saved by his brother after a black bear barged into his cabin and left him with scratches across his face and arm – with the animal having a sit down on a sofa on the family’s porch after the attack.<\/p>\n

Brigham Hawkins, 15, was “just chilling” in one of two cabins on his family’s property in Alpine, Arizona<\/a><\/strong>, when the bear “walked in through the front door and swiped him across the head” on Thursday evening, his mother Carol said.<\/p>\n

Ms Hawkins told Sky News’ US partner NBC News that Brigham has a “neurological disorder” and she believes he would have been killed if her other son Parker, 18, had not intervened.<\/p>\n

The mother said: “The front door was open to let the cool night air in.<\/p>\n

“Brigham was watching YouTube<\/a><\/strong> and didn’t realise what was happening.”<\/p>\n

Ms Hawkin said her son “started screaming” during the attack, adding: “[The bear] got him on the nose and the cheek and then went ahead and got his forehead and the top of his head.”<\/p>\n

Parker ran over from the other cabin in the family’s garden after hearing the screams, Ms Hawkins said.<\/p>\n

She continued: “Parker at first thought it was a big dog of some kind.<\/p>\n

“Then the bear saw Parker and began to chase him. That gave Brigham time to slam the door shut in his cabin.”<\/p>\n

Ms Hawkins added that Parker then managed to make it back to the other cabin as the bear followed him.<\/p>\n

She continued: “[The bear] was just pacing there for a while as we watched him through the window.<\/p>\n

“Then he sat down on a couch on the porch and just looked around. It was insane.”<\/p>\n

Ms Hawkins said that while she dialled 911 and called a neighbour for help, her husband Shane waited for the bear to look away before darting to the cabin where Brigham was holed-up.<\/p>\n

“He slammed the door in the bear’s face,” she said.<\/p>\n

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The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), whose agents arrived at the scene, said at one stage during the family’s ordeal the bear entered Brigham’s cabin a second time before “swiping at the victim’s arm”.<\/p>\n

However, the bear was no longer besieging the cabins by the time the AZGFD agents arrived.<\/p>\n

“After arriving on scene, AZGFD wildlife officers were able to quickly locate and dispatch the bear,” the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The bear was a male estimated to be three years old and his carcass will be tested for diseases, the AZGFD said.<\/p>\n

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Ms Hawkins said her son is “doing better” and has already received a round of rabies shots as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on why the bear may have attacked, she said: “He may have just been hungry… but that’s just not a normal way for a bear to behave.”<\/p>\n

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Bear attacks security guard in Colorado hotel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ms Hawkins continued: “[Brigham] has a neurological disorder and would not have been able to get away from the bear.<\/p>\n

“It took a few miracles happening at the same time to save him.”<\/p>\n

She added: “This really could have been a lot worse.<\/p>\n

“We’re still in disbelief that this happened, but we’re also feeling very blessed.”<\/p>\n

There have been 16 bear attacks on people in Arizona since 1990 – with two of them having been fatal, according to the AZGFD.<\/p>\n

The most recent fatality occurred when a 66-year-old man was killed while drinking a cup of coffee in the woods in Prescott last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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