More than 200 ‘killer bees’ attack an 81-year-old Oklahoma man for THREE hours – with flights to his nose and ears – after he fell and broke his hip trying to s run away – before the neighbor hero saves him
- Carlos Amos, 81, was rescued by a neighbor who rushed to fight off the swarm of Africanized bees and he is now recovering in hospital
- He was mowing the lawn at his home in Maysville last Friday when the slime attack started and he suffered bites all over his body.
- The doctor who treated him said she had never treated a patient with so many extreme stings and it could be life threatening.
An elderly Oklahoma man was attacked by more than 200 killer bees and writhed in pain for three hours after falling and breaking his hip trying to run away.
Carlos Amos, 81, was rescued by a nearby hero who rushed to fight off the swarm of Africanized bees and he is now recovering in hospital.
He was mowing the lawn at his home in Maysville last Friday when the vicious attack began as he tried to escape Amos fell and broke his right hip.
Amos was stung all over his body for more than three hours before a group of men came to his aid and one man took it upon himself to fight the bees and called 911.
The doctor who treated him at Norman Regional Hospital said she had never treated a patient with so many extreme stings and it could be life threatening as the swelling could block the airway.
An elderly Oklahoma man was attacked by more than 200 killer bees for three hours after he fell and broke his hip trying to get away
Carlos Amos, 81, was rescued by a hero neighbor who rushed to fight off the swarm of Africanized bees and he is now recovering in hospital
The doctor who treated him at Norman Regional Hospital said she had never treated a patient with so many extreme bites and it could be life threatening.
He was mowing the lawn at his home in Maysville last Friday when the swarm of bees started attacking him and he broke his right hip tripping and falling trying to get away.
Amos was stung in the ears, nose, lips and even in the eye during the attack and the hospital removed over 200 stingers from his body.
“I took out a tissue, I stuck it in that ear, and more of them went into that ear, so I took them out when I put tissues in there, and then they were in my nose,” he told the local TV station. KOCO 5 News.
“I was there about three hours, but a guy from Burford Company showed up, and the first thing I did was ask him what’s your name, and he said, ‘Oh my God, they’re biting me now.
The old man is lucky that his airways haven’t started to close due to swelling from the attack.
Savannah Phillips, resident physician at Norman Regional Emergency Room, said: ‘And that’s the problem. You may have so much swelling that your airways begin to close and you can no longer breathe on your own.
“We’re looking for things like his voice had to change if he wasn’t able to tolerate swallowing water.”
Amos underwent hip surgery the day after the attack and has now been transferred to another facility for rehab.
His family will not be able to return home until the bee nest near their chimney is removed.
Amos was stung in the ears, nose, lips and even eyes during the incident and the hospital removed more than 200 stingers from his body.
Amos underwent hip surgery the day after the attack and has now been transferred to another facility for rehab.
The old man is lucky that his airways did not start to close due to swelling from the attack
His family will not be able to return home until the honeycomb near their chimney is removed
And Amos’ daughter, Heather Garvey, rode a GoFundMe page to raise money for her father’s medical bills, therapy, and help removing the nest.
She wrote: ‘He was home alone with no one to help him. A Good Samaritan found my dad and called 911.
“After all this he is in good spirits but the road to recovery will be long. He will need therapy to get back on his feet.
“The hive will have to be removed before he can even go home.”
Nearly $5,000 has been raised for Amos and his family so far over the past three days.
