Wisconsin 12-year-old saves his dad's life during bear attack

A Wisconsin dad says he's lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a black bear while hunting on Sept. 6. Ryan Beierman, 43, and his 12-year-old son, Owen, recounted their brush with death to the Minneapolis Star Tribune this week. The elder Beierman said he had been tracking an injured bear near his cabin in western Wisconsin when he happened upon the animal in a small clearing under an oak tree. “He was in a stance like a cat about to pounce,’’ Beierman told the paper. “The next...