WHILE walking home at Herstelling Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara at about midnight last Saturday, 27-year-old Karen Kellman was attacked and almost killed by a huge and vicious pitbull.She told the Guyana Chronicle in a telephone interview last night that she had just left work at Seeram’s Bar in Alexander Village and had been transported to the public road at Herstelling. She was walking along Fourth Bridge when the terrifying beast attacked her.

“I was coming in from work. The dog just jumped on me from behind. I didn’t see him or anything. When he jumped on me from behind, he bite me on my shoulder, and when I try to run, he just keep jumping and biting me.”

She said she tried to escape by running up a hill of sand, but the dog bit her arm and pulled her to the ground. While on her abdomen, she grabbed a stick, and the dog made several attempts to grab her neck but was unable to do because she kept putting the stick in his mouth.

“When he hustling to get me neck I get a wood and just push it in he mouth. There is where he was trying to get. I started scream and three people come out… They tried hitting him with a stick (but he didn’t stop). They juck he with a spear and he run,” Kellman related. The entire ordeal lasted for about five minutes.
Kellman was then taken to the Diamond Hospital, where she received treatment for the wounds she had sustained and was sent home.

The matter was reported to police and the owner of the dog was contacted. Kellman said the owner of the animal has offered to help cover her medical expenses.