Rubber worker recounts bear attack in Buri Ram

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A rubber worker currently in hospital has spoken to the Thai media about how he was lucky to escape death after a bear attack in a plantation in the north eastern Thai province of Buri Ram. 

 

Only the intervention of thirty eight year old Sukhum Hoisang's mother and younger brother saved him.

 

Sukhum is in Nang Rong hospital with wounds to his right arm and left hand that have left him with broken bones and fingers following the attack in Ban Dong Yai, Pakham district. 

 

He said that he has been working in the area for about a year and had heard stories about locals being attacked and even killed by bears, wild elephants and gaurs; but despite taking precautions he never thought it would happen to him. 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

He had gone to cut slits in rubber trees and maintain them with chemicals along with his 57 year old mother and brother, 37. 

 

He heard a noise from some undergrowth and a one meter tall, 50 kilogram bear came out. He stumbled and the bear attacked him holding onto his arm for several minutes in its mouth. 

 

The bear had been nursing at the time and was clearly protecting its offspring. 

 

Only the intervention of his relatives in beating back the bear saved him from a worse fate, he said. 

 

Source: Siam Rath

 

 

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oh dear  !!   watch out for those bears in the woods   !  I didn't realise there were wild bears in Thailand, I thought they only had caged bears.

3 minutes ago, steven100 said:

oh dear  !!   watch out for those bears in the woods   !  I didn't realise there were wild bears in Thailand, I thought they only had caged bears.

Wild? He was livid.

a one meter tall, 50 kilogram bear came out

 

Luckily it was not a Grizzly ????

 

If you go down to the woods today 

You're sure of a big surprise.

 

 

Because today's the day the
Teddy Bears have their picnic...............rubber worker in this case.

41 minutes ago, andre47 said:

a one meter tall, 50 kilogram bear came out

 

Luckily it was not a Grizzly ????

 

Nothing in the world sucks more than having a Griz come at you. Or even a decent size blackie. A brownie will usually just knock you around, a black bear will eat you.

 

In bear country I always have gun. And toilet paper.

8 hours ago, Denim said:

If you go down to the woods today 

You're sure of a big surprise.

 

 

Because today's the day the
Teddy Bears have their picnic...............rubber worker in this case.

You have to be careful going down in the bush sometimes too... 

3 minutes ago, neeray said:

According to the link, yes it is the same bear.

They checked his ID card

41 minutes ago, ylmiri said:

Yes, it was that bear and was summary executed for crime of violence by Thai Judiciary court (as usual). That's how things work in Thailand. "Mai tong tok chai"(no need to be shocked).

This is not Thai bashing it is a statement of facts, please differentiated.

Yeah like nuisance bears arent shot anywhere else ????????????

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