Alaska man survives mauling by large brown bear he says put its mouth over his head
May 20, 2021 / 6:42 AM / CBS/AP
Anchorage, Alaska Allen Minish was alone and surveying land for a real estate agent in a wooded, remote part of Alaska, putting some numbers into his GPS unit when he looked up and saw a large brown bear walking about 30 feet away. I saw him and he saw me at the same time, and it s scary, he said by phone Wednesday from his hospital bed in Anchorage, a day after being mauled by the bear in a chance encounter. The mauling left Minish with a crushed jaw, a puncture wound in his scalp so deep the doctor told him he could see bone, lacerations and many stitches after a 4½-hour surgery. He also is wearing a patch over his right eye and says the doctors are worried about it.
SAVAGE ATTACK
Horror pics show how bear mauled surveyor and bit down on his HEAD in woods, leaving him with deep wounds
Updated: 20 May 2021, 15:37
HORROR pictures show the terrifying injuries suffered by a surveyor after he was mauled by a bear in a wood leaving him with deep wounds to his head.
Allen Dewitt Minish, 61, was alone and surveying land in a remote part of Alaska for a real estate agent on Tuesday morning when he saw the large brown bear walking 30 feet away.
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Allen Minish was left with a crushed jar, a puncture wound to his scalp, lacerations, and many stitchesCredit: AP
Bear Attack Leaves Alaska Man With Crushed Jaw, Punctured Scalp
On 5/20/21 at 10:49 AM EDT
A man suffered horrific head injuries including a crushed jaw and punctured scalp after being attacked by a brown bear while out surveying land in rural Alaska.
Allen Minish had been inputting data to his GPS during a real estate surveying trip near Gulkana, around 190 miles northeast of Anchorage, when he noticed the animal standing just 30 feet away.
The 61-year-old, from the village of Chitna, tried to hide behind spruce trees but the bear charged towards him.
He brandished the pointed end of his surveying pole but the bear simply knocked it aside.