Georgia man defends family against bear

Gwinnett County, GA -- A Georgia family's first camping trip was almost their last after a large bear attack over the weekend.

Norcross, Georgia resident Chris Everhart and his three sons were on a camping trip to the Chattahoochee National Forest. There they were confronted by a 300 pound black bear.

The bear was primarily interested in the family's food cooler, but when one of the children distracted the wild animal, the bear dropped the cooler and headed for the six-year-old boy. The boys' dad, an ex-Marine, knew he had to do something. So he grabbed the closest thing he could find, which was a piece of wood. The father instinctively threw the log at the bear, striking it in the head, killing the animal.

The family ended up being cited for not properly storing their food, but that's not what the father feels bad about.

The father says he felt sorry he had to kill the wild animal.