PAYSON — A doctor says a 30-year-old Arizona man who survived a bear attack at the Ponderosa Campground is missing part of his scalp.
Dr. Frank Mitchell said Monday that Peter Baca is recovering after spending several hours in surgery for wounds on his hands, arms, and head. He says the tissue on his head was torn in multiple places, KSAZ-TV reports.
Baca was attacked by the bear in his tent early Saturday morning while his fiancee and child escaped unharmed. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says Baca suffered lacerations and bites to his head and arm during the attack.
Arizona authorities killed two bears in the Tonto National Forest after three attacks on three people since May 31 in the Payson area.
