Incredible video footage reveals the minute a teenage woman eradicated an adult black bear to conserve her canines as it burglarized a garden.
Hailey Morinico, 17, pushed the wild animal off a wall as it began clawing at her family pets at a home in Bradford, California.
The adoring family pet owner, who suffered a sprained finger and scraped knee, stated she ‘had to protect her kids’ as the amazing event went viral on TikTok.
Speaking in a video after, Hailey remembered her very first idea was ‘ok, that’s an amusing looking canine’ when she heard her family pets barking.
She continued: ‘I visit the bear and I look it in the eyes, and the very first thing I believe to do is press it – press a bear, press a peak predator male.
‘To be honest I don’t believe I pressed her that hard, I simply pressed her sufficient to lose her balance.’
Saying the bear had actually transferred to get her tiniest canine Valentina, she included: ‘She’s the infant and as her servant I need to safeguard her.’
Black bears are not normally aggressive and the animal was safeguarding her own infant cubs which can be seen leaving in the video footage.
Hailey mum Citlally Morinico stated on Facebook her child had ‘just saved our dog with super human strength’, including: ‘For me one of the scariest moments in life.’
Her cousin Stephanie Lopez Villalobos informed the Daily Mail: ‘She sent out the video on our household group chat and I felt in one’s bones individuals would believe it was insane so I published it.
‘We did not expect this much of a reaction though! She’s an insane brave 17-year-old.’
The video footage had 53,200 likes and almost 2,200 remarks simply 8 hours after being published on TikTok.
One appreciating TikToker requested Hailey’s exercise regimen, stating: ‘Kudos to the dog mom, that’s intense.’ Â
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