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Utah construction worker fights off ‘crazy’ black bear during campsite attack: report

June 21, 2025
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Utah construction worker fights off ‘crazy’ black bear during campsite attack: report
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Bearly a scratch.

A Utah construction worker survived an attack from a massive, “son of a bitch” black bear who snuck up on him while at a popular campsite, according to a report.

Nate Peterson, 43, was part of a four-person crew working in a cabin in Bryce Woodlands, Utah, when the 300-pound behemoth bruin pinned him on a cot, KTSU reported.

Nate Peterson sits in his hospital bed after the bear attack in Bryce Woodlands,Utah.
Nate Peterson sits in his hospital bed after the bear attack in Bryce Woodlands,Utah. FOX 13 News Utah/YouTube

“Crazy bear. I was just sitting there minding my own business,” Peterson told the outlet from a Sevier Valley Hospital room. “But this son of a bitch just kept chasing us down.”

“Bear walked up and hit the side of my bed. Then he came over and jumped on my bed… And then he jumped down and bit my arm and I went to screaming and threw him off and started throwing stuff at him,” Peterson recounted.

“It’s a whole other experience. It’s nothing like getting bit by a dog or getting sewn off of a horse or anything.”

The 43-year-old said the bear was undeterred by the desperate defensive measures and proceeded to stalk the construction worker — who said he’s had encounters with docile black bears before.

“Three times,” Peterson said. “They just walked up, looked and turned around and walked off. Usually they get a whiff of you and they leave.”

Camp cot under a tarp with blankets and pillows.
The cot Peterson was on when the bear attacked him. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
An undated photo of a black bear in Utah.
An undated photo of a black bear in Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Screenshot of a man's injured arm with markings, headline reads
Peterson shows off the wounds left from the bear bite. FOX 13 News Utah/YouTube

Peterson escaped the would-be maneater and called his wife on the way to the hospital, he told the outlet.

“I thought he was joking,” Anna Peterson told the outlet, adding that she then rushed to meet him at the hospital.

Wildlife officials tracked down the belligerent bear and euthanized him on Wednesday, according to the report.

The grizzled survivor offered one piece of advice to those taking on a bear: “Don’t give up. Just fight.”

The post Utah construction worker fights off ‘crazy’ black bear during campsite attack: report appeared first on New York Post.

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