A news helicopter recorded a gripping scene as a civilian police volunteer crumbled to the ground due to relentless bee stings from an agitated swarm, spreading terror among a Los Angeles neighborhood.
Watch the video:
From New York Post:
A uniformed volunteer with the Los Angeles Police Department was scrambling to climb into his marked car around 4 p.m. when the bees swarmed him.
In the footage, the man is seen frantically swatting at the insects buzzing around his face and desperately tries to get away from them.
After being repeatedly stung, he loses his balance and falls to the ground, smashing his head against the asphalt, resulting in cuts.
“This is not a normal behavior for these bees to be this angry, to want to kill you,” said Izak Kharrazi of All Valley Honey & Bee, an insect removal company called in to help with the situation told CBS News Los Angeles
Kharrazi also described the “cloud of hundreds of bees” as being “mad as could be.”
The LAPD said the volunteer was hospitalized in stable condition after being stung dozens of times.
This poor guy!
Reports of bee swarms attacking individuals occasionally make the rounds, but witnessing the vivid and harrowing details takes the experience to a whole new level.