John Pala, a 43-year-old health insurance salesman from Boca Raton with no backwoods experience, literally ran out of his shoes racing to the aid of his young son Evan when the bear pounced on the boy during a day hike Aug. 11 along the popular Rainbow Falls trail.
Twice, Pala grabbed the young male bear’s face, pulled its mouth apart and pushed the 86-pound animal away before Evan finally escaped.
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“They do have the bloody Lynyrd Skynyrd T-shirt that Evan had on and plan to send that back,” Pala said.
