Jogger Survives Bear Attack in California

Quanah Ottaway survived a harrowing bear attack while jogging in Tuolumne County, California. He was chased and bitten by a mother bear after encountering her cub. Ottaway managed to fend off the bear momentarily with a stick and escaped by sprinting to a nearby SUV, where neighbors assisted him by making loud noises to scare the bear away. Ottaway sustained multiple scratches and bite marks and was taken to the hospital for treatment. This incident highlights the increasing frequency of human-bear encounters in California, though injuries from such encounters are still rare. In a related incident in China, a 71-year-old man was severely injured by a black bear while foraging for mushrooms but managed to escape and seek medical help.