A Sanford woman and her dog narrowly escaped a bear attack outside their home thanks to a quick-thinking move involving a bag of cookies. Kristen Savage said she spun her dog into the air to protect ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) - A Florida woman says she and her dog survived a bear attack, thanks to a bag of cookies. Kristen Savage was walking her dog, Ringo, in front of their house around 8 p.m.

"I threw the bag at [the mama bear], and she stopped for a minute and she sniffed the cookies,” the woman said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

WESH TWO NEWS. NEW AT NOON A SEMINOLE COUNTY WOMAN IS SHARING HER SCARY ENCOUNTER WITH A BEAR. THIS IS AT THE SYLVAN LAKE RESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF ORANGE BOULEVARD IN SANFORD. AND AS WESH TWO BOB ...

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