May 1 (UPI) — A Florida woman protected herself and her small dog from a bear by throwing the hungry bruin a bag of cookies.
Kristen Savage said she and her chihuahua mix, Ringo, were walking near their home in the Markham Woods area of Sanford when they had a close encounter with a wandering bear.
“I heard a bird. I was looking for a bird in a tree, and then I saw a black thing come at my leg,” Savage told WKMG-TV . “I thought it was an off-leash dog at first, and then I realized it was a giant head.”
She said the bear was particularly interested in 13-pound Ringo…