OHIO -- A Warren man was released from the hospital and thankful to be alive after a pit bull attack at his Scott Street home was so vicious, he feared he wouldn't survive.
Lonnie Culver suffered gaping wounds that included his entire left arm, back and buttocks. The 46-year-old Warren man spent two days in the hospital but said other than pain medication and antibiotics there was little doctors could do and that includes not stitching up his wounds so fluid could drain from them and heal.
Lonnie Culver suffered gaping wounds that included his entire left arm, back and buttocks. The 46-year-old Warren man spent two days in the hospital but said other than pain medication and antibiotics there was little doctors could do and that includes not stitching up his wounds so fluid could drain from them and heal.
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Culver said, "I kept blocking my throat and my face, and that's why I just kept getting bit, I just kept trying to punch the dog. I tried to grab him by the throat, I think I bit the dog."
The victims told 21 News that the pit bull was ordered to attack him by Major Beckwith, 60. He said Beckwith not only ordered the dog to attack, but then stood there and watched. "The guy (Beckwith) came over trying to get in my screen window. I owed him $10 for a screen door. He was drunk so I told him to come back tomorrow when I could deal with him. He was beligerant, he was drunk or high or something."
Culver says the dog even bit him around his eye and chased him in to his home as he tried to find his phone and call 911 for help. "I thought I was going to die. That's what I thought. I was trying to get away for my life."
Two men did try to help Culver but they were nearly attacked by the pit bull in the process. But Culver, who still has nightmares about what happened, is just thankful Beckwith was arrested by police and charged with assault.
The victims told 21 News that the pit bull was ordered to attack him by Major Beckwith, 60. He said Beckwith not only ordered the dog to attack, but then stood there and watched. "The guy (Beckwith) came over trying to get in my screen window. I owed him $10 for a screen door. He was drunk so I told him to come back tomorrow when I could deal with him. He was beligerant, he was drunk or high or something."
Culver says the dog even bit him around his eye and chased him in to his home as he tried to find his phone and call 911 for help. "I thought I was going to die. That's what I thought. I was trying to get away for my life."
Two men did try to help Culver but they were nearly attacked by the pit bull in the process. But Culver, who still has nightmares about what happened, is just thankful Beckwith was arrested by police and charged with assault.
"It's not the dogs' fault. It's the gentleman's fault. Period. He used the dog as a weapon, he was going to try and kill me with it."
The dog was captured by the Trumbull County Dog Warden a short time later. Culver is just thankful for neighbors who posted hand written cards on his front door, letting him know their thoughts and prayers are with him.
The dog was captured by the Trumbull County Dog Warden a short time later. Culver is just thankful for neighbors who posted hand written cards on his front door, letting him know their thoughts and prayers are with him.
(WFMJ - Sept 6, 2011)
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