Savage told WESH 2 that she was walking her dog, Ringo, just steps away from her Sanford, Florida home. Relaxed and with her ...

"I threw the bag at [the mama bear], and she stopped for a minute and she sniffed the cookies,” the woman said ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) - A Florida woman says she and her dog survived a bear attack, thanks to a bag of cookies.

A Florida woman and her dog narrowly avoided a bear attack outside their home in Sanford. And it was all thanks to a bag of ...

Kristen Savage said she spun her dog into the air to protect him before throwing the cookies at the charging mother bear, ...

A Florida woman protected herself and her small dog from a bear by throwing the hungry bruin a bag of cookies.

A Florida woman says she and her dog were saved by a bag of cookies when a bear attacked them last week. (WESH via CNN ) ...

Kristen Savage said she spun her dog into the air to protect him before throwing the cookies at the charging mother bear, giving them precious seconds to flee indoors. Wildlife officials warn ...

Kristen Savage told WESH 2 she was walking her dog, Ringo, in front of their house in the Sylvan Lake Reserve neighborhood around 8 p.m. on Friday. “The bear snuck up behind me, went around my ...