A fearless Washington state boy fought off a monstrous mama black bear by gouging its eyes during a terrifying attack that left him battered and bruised.
Robin Westgate, 12, said while he was retrieving a bowl from his backyard fruit orchard Sunday night he unexpectedly came face to face with an enraged black bear protective of her cub, KING reported.
The Bellingham youngster said he “and the bear startled each other” — before the beast charged at him twice and left puncture wounds on his hip.
“It was fight or die,” Westgate told the outlet. “I didn’t really have an option. [The bear] bit onto my wrist, and I slammed my hand and thumb into her…
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