It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham, a 24-year-old strong man, was wandering around outside his home in Northern California. His 90-pound dog, Buddy, was playing around nearby, doing what dogs usually do. Only this time, Buddy was getting into a whole lot of trouble.
The sound that no one wants to hear alone in the woods caught Benham's attention. It was the deep roar of a black bear. Benham drove around to see the beast, which weighed around 350 pounds, some 100 feet away. In a second, the bear grabbed(猛然抓取) Buddy's head and started pulling him away.
Benham ran after them. "Honestly," he told CBS13 in Sacramento, "the only thing I could think of was 'save my baby'. " Rushing, he lowered his shoulder and crashed into the bear. But it only seized Buddy tightly. Benham's heart jumped. He shouted and threw a stone at the bear. Nothing. He found out his can of hair spray(喷雾). He tried firing it immediately at the bear. A bright red cloud enveloped it, and the bear dropped the dog and ran off into the woods.
Buddy was in bad shape. He lay there almost out of breath and his face was terribly broken. "My first thought was that I was going to lose him," Benham said. He picked up Buddy, put him into his car, and sped off to a nearby veterinarian (兽医). Buddy's operation took nearly four hours.
This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13. The first was from a shelter a few years ago. "If it was your kid, what would you do?" he asked. Nodding toward Buddy, he added, "That's my kid. "
