73-year-old man punches bear in the face to save his Chihuahua

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Andrea Romano
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Nobody scares this man's little dog and gets away with it -- especially not a bear.

Carl Moore, a 73-year-old ex-Marine, claims he punched a bear in the face when he caught it on his property, threatening his precious little Chihuahua, Lacy.

"The man or beast that I run from ain't been born. And his mama's already dead," Moore told CBS News Sacramento. He reportedly smacked the bear with a so-called "whirling haymaker," which caused it to run away.

"He looked at me like, 'Go eff yourself,'” Moore said.

Apparently, the bear was only 5 feet tall, which is a bit shorter than Moore, but that didn't make the wild creature any less fierce -- especially to Lacy. According to CBS, Moore "loves [her] like a daughter."

True love is punching a bear in the face, after all.

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