A black bear
A North Carolina man used a walking stick to defend his Yorkshire terrier from a bear that was intent on eating the canine.
John Koerber, 67, of Beechwood Lakes, Henderson County, said his yorkie, Chewbacca, or ChewB, recently woke him up at 4 a.m. to go potty, an hour earlier than the yorkie’s typical toilet time.
Koerber put a retractable leash around ChewB’s neck and led him outside into the night.
Koerber told the Hendersonville Times-News that he saw ChewB make a “startled head turn to the woods,” and that he then heard “an incredibly deep-throated roar of sorts.”
According to Koerber, the bear emerged out of nowhere and leapt at the dog.