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Utah construction worker fights off ‘crazy’ black bear during campsite attack: report
Bearly a scratch.
A Utah construction worker survived an attack from a massive, “son of a bitch” black bear who snuck up on him while at a popular campsite, according to a report.
Nate Peterson, 43, was part of a four-person crew working in a cabin in Bryce Woodlands, Utah, when the 300-pound behemoth bruin pinned him on a cot, KTSU reported.
“Crazy bear. I was just sitting there minding my own business,” Peterson told the outlet from a Sevier Valley Hospital room. “But this son of a bitch just kept chasing us down.”
“Bear walked up and hit the side of my bed. Then he came over and jumped on my bed… And then he jumped down and bit my arm and I went to screaming and threw him off and started throwing stuff at him,” Peterson recounted.
“It’s a whole other experience. It’s nothing like getting bit by a dog or getting sewn off of a horse or anything.”
The 43-year-old said the bear was undeterred by the desperate defensive measures and proceeded to stalk the construction worker — who said he’s had encounters with docile black bears before.
“Three times,” Peterson said. “They just walked up, looked and turned around and walked off. Usually they get a whiff of you and they leave.”
Peterson escaped the would-be maneater and called his wife on the way to the hospital, he told the outlet.
“I thought he was joking,” Anna Peterson told the outlet, adding that she then rushed to meet him at the hospital.
Wildlife officials tracked down the belligerent bear and euthanized him on Wednesday, according to the report.
The grizzled survivor offered one piece of advice to those taking on a bear: “Don’t give up. Just fight.”
KANOSH, Utah — The United States Geological Survey recorded multiple earthquakes near Kanosh Sunday morning, each of them having an average magnitude of 3.0.
The first earthquake, magnitude 3.0, was detected just after 12:30 a.m., with the epicenter located half a mile south of Kanarraville.
The second quake, magnitude 3.2, was detected around 5:45 a.m., with the epicenter nearly five miles south-southwest of Kanosh. This was followed by two more quakes in the same area, a magnitude 2.5 quake coming in around 6:35 a.m., followed by a third around 7:45 a.m, which measured at magnitude 3.3.
This has since been followed by another quake, measuring at magnitude 3.7, being detected around 8:45 a.m. The geographic location in the USGS report places the epicenter approximately over two miles south of the Dry Wash Trail, about six miles south-southwest of Kanosh.
FOX 13 News previously spoke with researchers at University of Utah, who said that earthquake swarms are relatively common. A study published in 2023 posits that swarms may be triggered by geothermal activity. The findings came after a series of seismic swarms were detected in central Utah, within the vicinity of three geothermal power plants.
The study also says that the swarms fall into a different category than aftershocks that typically follow large quakes, such as the magnitude 5.7 earthquake that hit the Wasatch Fault back in 2020.
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