{"id":61442,"date":"2015-08-17T11:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61442"},"modified":"2015-08-17T11:25:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T15:25:50","slug":"larry-yepez-marine-vietnam-vet-fights-off-bear-with-his-bare-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61442","title":{"rendered":"Larry Yepez; Marine Vietnam vet fights off bear with his bare hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CNN reports<\/a> that Vietnam Veteran, Larry Yepez, was attacked by a bear, despite the fact that he told the bear to leave. <\/p>\n

Larry Yepez, 66, is now speaking out about the terrifying ordeal fighting off a bear outside his Mariposa County home.<\/p>\n

“I could feel his strength. I felt like a little rag doll underneath him,” Yepez said. “I could hear the crunching like ‘crr’–like that when he bit down on it. See, and that’s why I was trying to hit him again to try and get him off me.”<\/p>\n

Yepez was in shock when he came face-to-face with the 250-pound bear. But when he realized it was fight or die, adrenaline kicked in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, 250-pounds sounds a little light for a bear this time of year, but I’m sure Larry didn’t take the time to weigh him properly.<\/p>\n

Larry says that he kicked the bear off of him and his dog distracted the animal long enough for both of them to escape to the safety of his house. Then Larry drove himself to the hospital drenched in his own blood.<\/p>\n