MISSOULA, Mont. – A middle school teacher suffered some bruising and a big scratch on his back after he struck a bear while riding his bicycle to school.
Jim Litz said he was traveling about 25 mph Monday morning when he came upon a rise and spotted a black bear about 10 feet in front of him. He didn’t have time to stop and T-boned the bruin.
He tumbled over the handlebars, his helmet hit the bear’s back and the two went cartwheeling down the road.
The bear rolled over Litz’s head, cracking his helmet, and scratched his back before scampering up a hill above the road.
Litz’s wife drove by shortly after the crash and took her husband to the hospital. He hoped to be able to return to teaching science at Target Range Middle School on Friday.
That is totally freaking AWESOME! What a cool story to tell your kids for the rest of eternity!
Am I the only one reading the headline as if the bear was riding the bicycle?
I agree with you Nathan, it seems that the bear is riding the bicycle…
I also find it funny/fitting that the guy teaches at “Target Range” middle school…