Evan Pala
August 11, 2008: Eight-year-old Evan Pala was mauled by a black bear while hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. The boy's father pulled the 86-pound bear off him and pelted it with rocks and sticks to drive it away. Evan and his father were released from the hospital with minor cuts and bruises after the unprovoked attack.1
Fast Facts
- Lives in Boca Raton, Florida
- Went to the park on vacation with father and nine-year-old brother2
- Bear shot after charging at park officials2
- Bear to be tested for rabies
- Eight people injured by black bears in the past decade in the Smoky Mountains1
- Two fatal black bear attacks in Tennessee since 19001
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