The Huffington Post | by Sebastian Murdock
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How em-bear-assing.
A Florida man who claimed to have suffered injuries after fending off a vicious bear attack has now corrected his story to say he suffered injuries after he fell while chasing a bear Thursday night.
Josh Hennessy, 36, told multiple news stations that he fought off a black bear. He even posted pictures of injuries he claims to have sustained in the attack on his Facebook. They appeared to be mostly scratches.
“[I was] sitting outside listening to music, and all the sudden I see a shadow go by me,” Hennessy told WFTV. “I look off to the side of me and just, I thought it was somebody, and I went to meet whoever it was and it was a bear. “He got ahold of my clothes. I just started punching him and he ran off. I got right in his way.”
Hennessy said the bear dragged him around by his pant leg before he punched it and drove it off.
“It kind of charged at me,” he said. “It was a tackle match for a second, he got ahold of my clothes and I just started punching him and he just ran off.”
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