Bear shot dead after attacking 15-year-old in Arizona cabin: "Not many kids can say they got in a fight with a bear"

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Bear shot dead after attacking 15-year-old in Arizona cabin: "Not many kids can say they got in a fight with a bear"

Updated on: May 27, 2024 / 6:24 AM EDT / CBS/AP

A black bear was shot and killed by Arizona fish and game officers after it entered a home through an open door and injured a teenager in a mountain community near the New Mexico state line, wildlife officials said.

The 15-year-old boy, identified as Brigham Hawkins by his family, received wounds to his face and arm when the bear swiped at him, and he was treated at a hospital after the late Wednesday incident in Alpine, the state Game and Fish Department said.

His mother, Carol Hawkins, told CBS affiliate KPHO-TV in Phoenix that the bear attacked her son while he was alone and watching television.

"Never in our wildest dreams did we think (a bear) would come in the home," she told the station.

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[Bayard]

1. What was the kid eating at the time?

Open door/hungry bear/stupid family.

[Ocelot II]

2. Of course it's the kid's fault.

[Kali]

3. the fuck?

in a house? in a small town? yeah, no. that was a bear that had been fed or was already too comfortable around people.

[Wonder Why]

4. or didn't like the TV show the kid was watching.

[Bayard]

5. Regardless,

Who leaves their door wide open in bear country? Could have been a hungry bear visit, or could have been fake electors. You never know.