North Carolina: Pit bull attack victim, Christy Palucha, speaks out

NORTH CAROLINA -- In August 2011 Christy Palucha was walking through North View Mobile Home Park in Weaverville when an adult male pit bull pushed out a window air conditioner and jumped through the window and attacked her.

 

 

When Palucha bent down to try to free herself from the dog's grip, it latched onto her face and then dragged her down an embankment.

The attack lasted several minutes.

"I reach down and tried to pry its jaws out of my leg and when I did, my face was down like this and it just jumped up."

She suffered serious injuries to her face and endured several surgeries.

 

The pit bull ripped off part of her ear, ripped her neck open, ripped off an eyelid and left several deep wounds on her leg where it had first grabbed her. 

She had to wear sunglasses for 10 months, even when indoors, to protect her damaged eye.

 

 

"People just don't understand what it does to you [to get attacked in the face]. I hid myself for a year."

Palucha sued the owner of the mobile home park as the dog was at least 30 pounds larger than what the park allowed. She settled this month after the owner agreed to pay about $55,000 in medical bills, and undisclosed amounts for restitution as well as pain and suffering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MyWorldNews - February 6, 2014)