dog survived a bear attack after what seemed like a twelve round fight. first time in 20 years they owned a cabin they encountered an aggressive bear. jennifer ann wilson from our sister station in green bay has the story. reporter: jerry needeman won the fight. ten staples. in the back of my head and neck. reporter: with a 200-pound bear. 14 stitches in my ear, left ear he almost bit off. reporter: this is mattie, the beautiful labrador retriever who started this whole mess, she started chasing the bear. when the bear turned around and chased her, needeman came to the rescue. i came running out here into the driveway. shouting and waving my hand thinking that would scare the bear. reporter: instead the bear ran straight for him. i was so afraid the bear was going to get the dog that i didn t take time to go back inside and get a gun. so there i am, unarmed, and facing this insane bear. reporter: needeman tried to run away. he tackled me right here. you can see in
gravel where he jumped on me from the back. reporter: pinched to the ground, teeth sinking into his neck. needeman wasn t scared. so i was mad. while he is chewing on me and biting me, all i can think is, if only i had a gun. reporter: at that moment his wife marie appeared. she came out of the cabin with the shotgun. unfortunately she didn t know how to load it. so it was an empty shot gun. reporter: marie hit the bear over the head. then the bear released me for a minute. reporter: the two ran inside the cabin, but the bear didn t give up. well he circled the cabin for an hour. he would stand on his hind legs and look through every one of the windows around the cabin. an hour later, a sheriff s deputy arrived and shot the bear and r who is now being who is now being test ford rabies. he was checked out of the hospital and released feeling very lucky. if it hadn t been for my wife coming out and pounding the bear
he tackled me right here. you can see indentations on the gravel where he jumped on me from the back. reporter: pinched to the ground, teeth sinking into his neck. needeman wasn t scared. so i was mad. while he is chewing on me and biting me, all i can think is, if only i had a gun. reporter: at that moment his wife marie appeared. she came out of the cabin with the shotgun. unfortunately she didn t know how to load it. so it was an empty shot gun. reporter: marie hit the bear over the head. then the bear released me for a minute. reporter: the two ran inside the cabin, but the bear didn t give up. well he circled the cabin for an hour. he would stand on his hind legs and look through every one of the windows around the cabin. an hour later, a sheriff s deputy arrived and shot the bear who is now being tested for rabies he was checked out at the hospital and released, feeling very lucky. if it hadn t been for my wife coming out and pounding the bear on the head
first time in 20 years they owned a cabin they encountered an aggressive bear. jennifer ann wilson from our sister station in green bay has the story. reporter: jerry needeman won the fight. ten staples. in the back of my head and neck. reporter: with a 200-pound bear. 14 stitches in my ear, left ear he almost bit off. reporter: this is mattie, the beautiful labrador retriever who started this whole mess, she started chasing the bear. when the bear turned around and chased her, needeman came to the rescue. i came running out here into the driveway. shouting and waving my hand thinking that would scare the bear. reporter: instead the bear ran straight for him. i was so afraid the bear was going to get the dog that i didn t take time to go back inside and get a gun. so there i am, unarmed, and facing this insane bear. reporter: needeman tried to run away.