I would like to see this guy on a talk show in NYC. Interesting character. Glad to see we still have folks like this around. Here is the story:

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. — A North Carolina man said he battled a bear outside his home and has the scrapes and bruises to prove it, according to WLOS.

Sonny Pumphrey was in his driveway in the White Oak community Tuesday afternoon when he said a mother bear and her two cubs showed up. He said the cubs ran off but the mother bear reared up and attacked him.

“She made a charging dead run at me,” he said. “That sucker was eyeball to eyeball to me.”

Pumphrey said he punched the bear in the nose, but then she dropped down and bit his hip.

“She kind of shook me a little bit, and I’m still … I’m hitting her steady on the top of the head just as hard as I could swing, man, for dear life,” he said. “I just continue pounding and pounding and pounding and she’s continuing trying to bite me. And like I said … she got a hold of me and then shook me a little bit, then she let go and she took a swat at me. And when she took a swat at me she knocked me about eight feet over on the concrete.”

Sonny’s wife, Betty Pumphrey, heard the screams and rushed to his aid along with their little Yorkie. She was stunned at the sight of a large black bear in their driveway.

The commotion scared the bear off and Betty Pumphrey called 9-1-1.

Sonny Pumphrey is OK but must endure a series of rabies shots after the attack.

It was an unexpected and unusual attack. The Pumphreys know it could have been worse.

“We have a lot to be thankful for because we were both very, very lucky,” Betty Pumphrey said.

“I could have been dead,” Sonny Pumphrey added. “I could have been really cut up bad.”

Wildlife officers tracked the bear but were unable to locate it. They say without too much food up high, bears are coming down to lower elevations.

The Pumphreys advise folks to be aware when they’re outside.

LINK:https://wgntv.com/2018/11/10/man-punches-bear-in-nose-to-survive-attack-outside-north-carolina-home/

Like his hat

I think he dropped his wallet:

I think the real takeaway is that Momma Bear didn't think she'd have any trouble taking Sonny down, but skeedaddled as soon as Betty showed up.

I would'a done triple reverse full nelson hold bad ass head lock on that bear. Too bad I wasn't there to help