17 year old Hailey fought off a bear to protect her dogs. Image: Instagram/ @realestatebeauty
A brave 17-year-old has been hailed as a hero for fighting off a bear to protect her family’s dogs.
The incident happened in San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles, and was captured in a viral video that was first shared by the girl’s mother on Instagram.
The video shows a brown bear walking on a brick wall with two cubs when several dogs start barking at the bear. The bear appears to defend her cubs before the teen runs to it and fends it off using her hands.
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Footage of a teenage girl’s unbelievable confrontation with a 150-pound American black bear and its cub after they invaded her backyard and startled her dogs has gone viral.
The incident took place in Bradbury, a city near the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California, and sees 17-year-old Hailey Morinico show no hesitation in confronting and pushing the bear off the yard wall after it had sent her dogs into a frenzy.
In the clip, which reportedly took place on Memorial Day in the US, a bear and her cub walk along a wall before four dogs burst onto the scene and beginning barking at the much larger animal.