A bear savage attacked a woman trying to avoid it, but she was attacked, cracking her skull, which led to her playing possum, or she'd be dead.

Fierce Bear Cracks Woman's Skull

While walking her two dogs, Kylie and Bones, Renee Levow of Frederick County, Maryland, came across a sizable bear, reported Fox News.

Kylie came charging at the bear and tried to fight it, Levow and the bear made eye contact. The 55-year-old asserted that she heeded the advice she has been repeatedly given when coming across a bear outdoors: make noises and act big. But the animal took it as a threat and mauled her instead. She recalled the horrific scene when the animal bit her all across her body.

The woman added that she got swatted and knocked down. The bear bit her left leg twice, just above the knee, then threw her by the leg and started to bite her head. While pinned down, the bear bit Levow's face twice. The first time was on the left side, which was when her skull was cracked, as noted by Yahoo.

Victim Survives Even with Cracked Skull

Levow was panicking as a bear savagely attacked and cracked her skull. She considered playing dead as a possum rather than resisting the fierce mammal. She curled up and covered her head while rolling flat on the ground.

A while later, the animal stopped its attack and let her be. The injured and terrified woman curled tight for ten minutes before moving again to make sure the bear was gone.

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She took out her phone in her injured state to call 911, wiping off the blood that dripped on her mobile phone. She remarked that the local fire department and chief were neighbors, so she got help sooner for what was urgent. Immediately, the injured Levow was taken by air ambulance to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The damage was so extensive that surgery was needed to patch the cracked skull, with wounds on the scalp, face, and left leg.

At the time of the attack, Levow recalls being numb from the pain, and the adrenalin pump kept feeling at a minimum. Levow said she is feeling fortunate to be alive and healing over two years later, even though the attack has left markings on her body.

She said a scar was on her chest when the animal swatted her down, but there were marks over her knee on her left leg where the bear took two bites when she was down. But nerve damage remains on the scalp, face, and leg, but she was happy that it would have ended worse. Thankfully, her dogs were unharmed, citing the Outsider. 

As said by Taylor Phillips, owner of Jackson Hole EcoTour Adventures in Wyoming, playing dead is indeed the best thing to do once actually faced by a bear suddenly. When a bear is near, lie face down on the ground and cover your neck. If a bear attacks at a distance, prepare to fight back if it goes near. Next, throw anything that could be hurled at it. 

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