[Guardian] A Boy Scout leader was pulled into a cave by a bear but beat the animal away with a rock hammer, authorities in northern New Jersey have said.I blame lingering salsiccia breath.
Christopher Petronino and three other Scouts were hiking at Split Rock reservoir on Sunday afternoon when he stopped to show the boys a cave, NJ.com reported. He dipped into a small crevasse leading to it, and the bear grabbed him by the foot and yanked him inside. It began biting his legs and shoulders, and Petronino fought it off. The three fellow Scouts with him then called for help.
"Petronino struck the bear twice in the head with a rock hammer. He then pulled his sweatshirt over his head and curled into the foetal position," Bob Considine, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, said in a statement. "He yelled to the Scouts, who were outside the cave, to leave and go get help."
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