Story out of Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan:
A Saskatchewan woman says it was both her scariest and her luckiest day — she fought off a black bear after it bit her on the leg during an afternoon walk.
Raschel Zeschuk lives in Paradise Hill, northeast of Lloydminster, and goes on daily walks with her two dogs.
But on April 21 the walk was anything but routine.
Zeschuk had just reached the end point of her usual route and turned around to return home when she heard rustling behind her.
"I glanced back and about five to 10 feet behind me was my dog running towards me," she said. Behind her dog was a black bear in hot pursuit.
She says she started to scream in an effort to scare the bear off and looked around for higher ground.
Zeschuk scrambled up on a poplar tree, which gave way and she fell backwards.
Her dog, Cosmo, began barking and Zeschuk had time to scramble back up on the tree.
"It started trying to climb up after me and that's when I kicked it in the nose as hard as I could and it ran off," she said.
She has six stitches in her leg but loves hiking and is working with someone to overcome her anxiety about future walks, given her recent experience. Cont.
Story from - CBC News
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