Butan man survives bear attack

A 24-year-old man from Khelakha, below Nobdhing in Wangdue is recovering at the Bajo hospital after he survived a bear attacked on November 1.

The victim, Lobzang, said the bear attacked him when he was on his way to the irrigation water source along with two friends and three small dogs when the bear attacked at around 11am on Saturday.

"I was walking ahead. A big black bear came in front of me and suddenly attacked me," he said. "I managed to take out the knife and hit it once but it couldn't do much harm and the bear wrestled me to the ground."

Lobzang suffered injuries on the right side face and hand.

He said the dogs that kept barking attracted the attention of the bear. His two friends carried him till the road head, which took around one hour, and from there they were reached to the hospital in an ambulance.

Khelakha is a village of three households, about an hour's walk from the road head. Lobzang said wild animal attack is quite rampant in the village