Wheelchair-bound woman, 71, is left with serious head injuries after a BEAR walked into her home in search of food and attacked her in the middle of the night
- Apryl Rogers, 71, was attacked by the bear in her home in Groton, New Hampshire, at around 1.15am on Tuesday
- Rogers is known in the rural community for leaving her door open
- Evidence suggests the bear was trapped in the kitchen before its encounter with the woman
A 71-year-old wheelchair-bound woman has been left with serious head injuries after a bear walked into her home and attacked her.
New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department says the beast somehow got inside Apryl Rogers' house at around 1.15am on Tuesday in Groton, a rural community in the central part of the state.
The woman was hospitalized with serious injuries and was taken into surgery, according to WBZ-TV.
Apryl Rogers, 71, was attacked by a bear when she went in her home in Groton, New Hampshire, around 1.15am on Tuesday. She was having surgery on Tuesday
The woman was hospitalized with serious injuries and was taken into surgery
Rogers is known in the community for leaving her door open.
It is not known if she left the door open before the attack on Tuesday night.
Evidence suggest the bear was trapped in the kitchen before its encounter with the woman, WMUR reports.
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Rogers - who uses a wheelchair - is known in the community for leaving her door open. It is not known if she left her door open before the attack
The bear managed to get out of the home after the attack
The bear managed to get out of the home after the attack.
'The home owner unknowingly walked in on the animal, and that bear did what any animal is going to do when it feels cornered. It is going to act defensively. It's going to panic in an effort to get out,' Fish and Game Major Jim Juneau said.
'And I suspect in this case, the woman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.'
Fish and Game officers said they are searching for the bear. They are concerned the bear may have rabies.
They used dogs to try to track down the bear but rain got rid of the scent.
New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department used dogs to try to locate the bear but rain prevented them from getting a scent
