Dramatic video of the moment a Florida man fights off a black bear on his porch to protect pet dogs
‘Not a lot went through my head at the moment'
A Florida man threw himself at a black bear as it charged at his three daschhund puppies at the back porch of his home.
Dramatic home surveillance footage shows Walt Hickox instinctively react as he hurled himself between the large bear and his three dogs Pickles, Pepper and Piper.
Mr Hickox, of Daytona Beach, clapped and screamed to frighten the bear off, and pushed the animal out of his porch door as it tried to claw and bite him.
He then shoved a bench in front of the door to block the bear from returning.
Mr Hickox said he didn't give a moment's thought to his own safety and had just been trying to protect his pets and family during Wednesday night's attack.
“Not a lot went through my head at the moment, other than what's going to happen if he gets past me and into the house where the rest of my dogs and my wife was at,” Mr Hickox told WFTV.
“I just wanted to deflect the tension off the dog long enough for him to realize, ‘hey, there's a human in here too,'” Mr Hickox said.
A clip of the bear attack went viral online.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recommends making loud noises and banging pans if a bear comes on to a property.
The commission also says food should not be left out, and to avoid scaring wild animals.
Walt Hichox's dachsund puppies Pickles, Pepper and Piper were saved from the bear
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His primal instincts kicked in, we're all primal by heart AND brain.
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What kind of a cute twink downvotes this? Probably cowards who would run away and let their dogs get eaten.
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7 downvotes so far.
I guess people were disappointed the doggie dad didn't bleed lots.
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Also wouldn't have kicking the bear been more efficient?
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And risk the bear running off with your Nike?
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a small price to pay.
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Do you think he peed himself?
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Bears pee in the woods all the time.
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Im talking about the man
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Why would the man pee in the woods?
Are you saying he's such a redneck he doesn't have a toilet in his house?
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I mean I would pee in the woods, like shit, I even did a shit in someone's back yard during a camping school trip (I was desperate). But I'm talking how you know when you get scared or sme shit like that you end up peeing yourself, thats what I am talking about
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I think women are MUCH more likely to pee after a fright.
I guess he was more likely to pee than you or me because of his age.
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May be. But I don't understand the point in peeing before a fight. Like ye it reduces your mass, but energy is used up to pee, so won't it negate the effect
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Don't know.
But some people don't know that almost ALL of us pee after we die. Muscle tension keeps the bladder from leaking while we live, but it relaxes and empties when you croak
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Snapshots:
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