The animal bit the man’s lower right leg, just below the knee.
A man was riding his bicycle along a riverbed in Alaska on Tuesday, when police said he was mauled by a brown bear. As he was riding his bike in Cantwell, Alaska, the man, who police didn’t identify, said he saw the bear running towards him from 10-15 yards away. He got off of his bicycle and started yelling at the bear. “Just prior to the bear making contact, the victim fell to the ground and onto his back, covered his head and believes he kicked at the bear,” according to a description of the incident written by the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The bear bit the man’s lower right leg just below his knee. After making contact, the animal “immediately retreated into the vegetation the same way it approached,” Alaska Wildlife Troopers wrote.
