Brave 12-year-old fought off angry black mama bear in backyard: ‘It was fight or die’

A 12-year-old boy successfully fought off a black bear in his backyard. The child had been previously trained on how to handle such encounters.
Black bears are common in Westgate's neighborhood near the Canadian border so the tween had already been taught what to do if he ever encountered one in the flesh.
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