A seventy-year-old man in Chongqing's Wuxi County was injured after trying to scare a black bear away with stones. The man was seen approaching the site where the bear was found on the roadside in the town of Tucheng on the afternoon of the 18th and throwing stones in an attempt to drive the bear away. However, the bear reacted aggressively and chased the man, leading to the elderly man being caught and injured. He later had to receive vaccinations.
The incident occurred when the elderly man was walking along a road near the river in Tucheng community. Upon spotting the bear, he threw stones in an attempt to scare it away, but the bear turned aggressive, chasing and finally tackling the man, who then fell and landed in the grass on the other side of the road.
A government worker and community official from the town of Tucheng in Wuxi County told Red Star News on the 20th that the elderly man was not bitten, but only had minor scratches that required vaccination. After receiving the shots, the man has returned home, according to them.