Alaska athlete uses bear spray to fend off animal attack: ‘nightmare come to life’

Klaire Rhodes was attacked by a brown bear in state park but spray helped her escape with ‘relatively minor injuries’ An Alaska marathon athlete used a repellant spray to fend off an attacking bear that officials say injured her while she ran on a popular trail recently – an encounter that she has since described as “a

A woman was running alone on a path called the Wolverine Bowl Trail when the brown bear attacked her, officials said.