Waking up with his head inside the bear's mouth, the camp counsellor was likely the bear's targeted prey.
Dylan teaches wilderness survival at the camp and knew the best way to fend off a black bear attack is to fight back. He and the other campers attempted to scare the bear away before it eventually left. (When confronted with other bears, such as grizzlies, experts recommend curling into a ball.)
While sleeping under the stars in the mountains near Boulder County, Colorado, on Sunday morning, a 19-year-old camp counsellor was awoken by what he initially perceived to be a loud crunching sound. The sound, it turned out, was a black bear pressing onto his head as it dragged him from his sleeping bag.
Speaking with local Denver news station KMGH-TV, the teen, who was identified only as Dylan, claimed he believed the crunching sound was caused by the bear's teeth digging into his skull. As the bear tugged at him, Dylan and the four other campers sleeping by the lake tried to fight the bear off. He estimates the bear dragged him a total of 12 feet (3.66 m) before he was able to pry himself free. The 19-year-old was treated at a nearby hospital and received staples for his wounds. I’m not afraid of the bears. “I'm not afraid of sleeping outside any more. You just have to be aware and respect the animals”, Dylan told KMGH-TV.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is now on the hunt for the bear, which they say they will euthanize if it can be caught. Initial surveys of the camp grounds after the attack did not find any food that could have attracted the bear, making the incident even more unusual. In fact, the unprovoked attack has rattled the community so much that any bear caught in the area over the next few days will likely be euthanized, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson told the Associated Press.
Adopted from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/black-bear-attack-campers-head-colorado-spd/
SUMMARY WRITING
The article is about Dylan who was attacked by a bear. You have been asked to produce a summary to be published in the school magazine.
Write your summary in about 100 words.
The text under the title "Why a bear attacked a teen in his sleep", published in National Geographic, is about an inexplicable bear attack on a young camp leader, named Dylan. Waking up by the sound of his skull being crashed, he fought and managed to free himself. Immediately, he was rushed to the local hospital to have his wounds treated. Later, in a TV interview, he claimed that the incident would not discourage him from sleeping outdoors, just greater caution should be exercised. Meanwhile, alarmed by this weird incident the local authorities and people decided to kill any bear seen in that area.
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