Posted on 10/09/2025 5:08:20 AM PDT by marktwain
A 72-year-old man, Vernon Patton, was working on a gravel road with his tractor when a 70-pound juvenile male black bear attacked him. The attack happened on September 3, 2025, in the Mulberry Mountain area of Arkansas. The attack occurred near Highway 23, just south of the Mulberry Mountain lodge. Vernon’s son came by to check on him. The son saw his father being attacked and drove off the bear by throwing rocks at it. From foxnews.com:
A 72-year-old man had to be airlifted to the hospital this week after he was mauled by a 70-pound bear in Arkansas, state Game and Fish Commission spokesperson Keith Stephens confirmed to Fox News Digital.
“His injuries were extensive,” he told Fox News Digital.
He added to the Arkansas Times: “It was a pretty severe attack. It attacked him on his face, his arms, his upper body.”
Patton was being cared for in the Intensive Care Unit in Little Rock. It appears he never regained enough to describe what happened. From 4029tv.com:
“Our beloved father, grandfather, husband and hero, Vernon Patton, was seriously injured in a bear attack while he was doing what he loved, working on his land with his family. Vernon is currently being cared for in the ICU in Little Rock. While he remains in stable condition, his injuries are extensive and ultimately not survivable.
On September 14, 2025, Vernon Patton succumbed to his injuries. From nwahomepage.com:
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Side of the head then.
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