Moment Pennsylvania dad is knocked down and bitten on the head in terrifying bear attack in his garage
- You can see Swartz tumbling on the porch of his Montour County home
The moment a Pennsylvania father was knocked down and bitten on the head in a bear attack in his garage has been captured on video.
John Swartz was filling a kid’s pool for his granddaughter at his Montour County home Thursday night just before the terrifying incident occurred.
Once the pool was full, Swartz walked into his garage to shut off the hose, unwittingly disturbing a bear rummaging through the garbage for food.
The bear bit him on the top of the head as he ran out of the garage.
Video shows Swartz tumbling out the door and onto the porch in the yard as the bear flees the scene. He then hurries across the deck clutching his head.
Video shows Swartz tumbling out the door and onto the porch in the yard as the bear flees the scene. He then hurries across the deck clutching his head
Swartz was treated at Geisinger Medical Center for the bite marks on his head, including a tetanus shot
“My head hurt and it hit me against the wall, we didn’t know until we received the video about what was happening outside, I didn’t realize I fell over the bear and continued walking down the sidewalk holding my head and the house went in to get a washcloth,” Swartz told Fox 56.
“I knew I had injuries and blood was coming down.”
Swartz ran into his living room where his wife called 911 and frantically tried to cover the wound.
‘We will never forget. It was horrible, but we’re lucky that’s all that happened,” said Lori Swartz.
“He has a few wounds, but they will heal.”
The bear can be seen wandering the yard of the Montour County home
Swartz was treated at Geisinger Medical Center for the bite marks on his head, including a tetanus shot.
State police arrived on the scene, and within hours of the incident, a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer set up a bear trap filled with donuts and sugar syrup to lure the animal.
Swartz said he doesn’t necessarily want the bear euthanized.
“It’s quite understandable why it did what it did. I surprised and it surprised me. There was only one way out and it was through me,” Swartz added.
The couple’s two outdoor cats did not attack the bear as it crossed the lawn, but ran to John’s defenses during the attack.
The PA Game Commission is still waiting for the bear responsible to enter the trap, while the Schwartz family says they will look over their shoulder at night from now on.
Last week, a Southern California homeowner caught a mother bear and her baby taking a dip in her pool to try to keep cool.
Footage was captured of the brown bears splashing together in the outdoor pool on Wednesday afternoon around 1:45 p.m., when temperatures hit 91 degrees
The moment happened around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon when temperatures hit 91 degrees.
Footage has captured the brown bears splashing around in the outdoor pool together.
A video clip obtained by KTLA shows a baby bear splashing in the water before the mother bear comes into view, enjoying a playful exchange with her cub.
The two are seen playing on the edge of the pool before the mother bear dips her front paws into it.
She then jumps in and causes a big splash.
The two bears are then seen briefly playing in the water before the baby steps out and runs out of the frame.