Bear Attack Victim

Woman attacked by bear in Southern CA.

Like so many of us, 56-year-old Allena Hansen, went out to walk her dogs, two of them, in fact, in the woods, on her property in southern California. She never expected to be attacked by a bear and not just any bear, a 150-pound black bear. She really suffered some injuries, severe facial injuries before her dogs named Decoy and Arky chased that bear away. Here is what she has to say.

"My first sensation was that it was a little tiny bear, but what a bully. Then I found myself down on the ground. I heard "chomp, chomp, chomp". I felt it go through my skull. Uhm, I felt it bite through this eye. I heard, you know, kind of a squishy, crunchy pop. I went "there goes my eye." Then it got a hold of my face and started shaking, you know, worrying it and I could feel it tearing off. I could feel the blood, you know, the wetness I could see it dripping, I could hear it whooshing. And I think the one thing that seemed most vivid to me was watching that little bugger spit my teeth out."

"Wow Allena, (Wow, Jesus) is so lucky. That's the one thing she didn't mention those little dogs going after the bear. It wasn’t a 600-pound bear, (Yeah) but did a lot of damage."

"It, really a lot of damage and they kept nipping at the bear to get the bear to run away, I mean, how fortunate for her. If she'd been alone, can you imagine that?"

"No, fortunate that she is alive and going to be ok. We are happy to report California Fish & Game authorities have called off their search for that bear in fact...."

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. chomp : verb

If a person or animal chomps their way through food or chomps on food, they chew it noisily. (INFORMAL)

2. squishy : adj

Something that is squishy is soft and easy to squash.

3. crunchy : adj

Food that is crunchy is pleasantly hard or crisp so that it makes a noise when you eat it.

4. whoosh: verb

If something whooshes somewhere, it moves there quickly or suddenly. (INFORMAL)

参考中文翻译：

同我们一样，56岁的Allena Hansen外出遛狗，实际上，是在森林里，她在加利福尼亚的财产。她从来没想到会遭到熊的袭击，而且不是普通的熊，而是体重达150磅的黑熊。她受了伤，严重的面部伤害。后来她的两条狗Decoy和Arky将黑熊赶走。下面是她说的话。

“我的第一个感觉是一只小熊，但是却是一个欺凌弱小的黑熊。然后我发现自己被击倒在地上，听到咀嚼食物的声响”，我觉得痛入骨髓。然后，就感觉到他咬我的眼睛。我听到，你知道，听到很脆的声音。我意识到“我的眼睛没有了”。后来他抓住我的脸开始摇晃，你知道，我很害怕，担心他开始往下撕。我能感觉到血在往下流，你知道，能感觉到血一点一点滴下来。我能听到他的声音。我想，我能看到的最栩栩如生的画面可能就是这个家伙把我的牙齿吐出来。

“ Allena非常幸运。她没有提到的一点是，她的两条狗赶走了黑熊。那并不是一头60磅重的熊，但是造成的伤害也很大。”

“是的，确实很大的伤害，两条狗一直撕咬那头熊，直到把他赶走。我的意思是，她是多么幸运，如果她单独一个人，你可以想象会有什么后果吗？”

“不。幸运的是她还活着，并且身体状况还比较好。我们很高兴，加利福尼亚渔猎不问已经下令搜捕那头黑熊……”