"Elvir Erović from Bjelo Polje, from the village of Ličine near Bijelo Polje, barely made it out alive when he was attacked by a bear while he was picking mushrooms in the forest", reported FB page "Bijelo Polje online".
Erović said that everything happened quickly and that at first he thought it was a neighbor's horse that was also going to pick mushrooms.
"While I was picking mushrooms, I noticed something nearby. I thought it was a horse, but it turned out to be a bear, which was ten meters away from me. When I heard something pounding, I looked a little closer and saw a bear how she was running straight towards me and how she approached within ten meters. The bear stood up on its hind legs and rushed towards me," said Erović, adding that he ran "as far as his legs could carry him" and reached Stari Selo, where he rested and asked friend to drive him to Sušica, from where he walked home.
He started that way because he was not allowed to go back through the forest.
He pointed out that everyone in Koriti is at risk, especially these days when the locals go to the forest to harvest mushrooms and blueberries.
The President of the Hunting Organization, Ivan Pavićević, said that this is the third case of a bear attack in the area of Pešter, i.e. the area of Sipanja and Sušica.
"Now comes the time when people go to the forests to pick mushrooms and blueberries, which can endanger their lives," Pavićević said.
He appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Police Directorate, the Border Police Directorate to take action.
He explained that volunteer hunters visit the area every day, in case a bear appears, which, he believes, should be caught and transferred to a shelter.
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