Dog Owner Tries to Escape Attack from Own Pet in Elevator!

A 25-year-old woman in Cúcuta, Colombia, was the victim of a mauling by her own pit bull.

According to La Opinion, last Thursday in an apartment complex in the Prados del Este neighborhood, the victim was tying her shoes in her bedroom when her 4-year-old dog suddenly attacked her.

“Her reaction was to crawl to the door and go out into the hallway, hoping a neighbor would help her,” police told the outlet.

However, when no neighbors were present, the woman tried to escape in an elevator — but the dog followed her in.

In the horrific clip that has since circulated around Twitter, the dog’s jaw is clamped tightly on her arm. In response, she manages to sit up and frantically slams the elevator buttons.

“When the animal jumped on her, the only thing she thought was that if she stayed on the fifth floor, no one was going to rescue her,” the officer told the publication.

When the elevator reaches the first floor, the woman manages to crawl out, but the dog is still on her.

Major Arley Dávila of the Metropolitan Police of Cúcuta told La Opinion that the dog eventually released her after she escaped into the foyer.

Fortunately, the victim survived and was rushed by a relative to Erasmo Meoz University Hospital.

“She has fractures in two fingers of her right hand, a phalanx on her left. She is still hospitalized and pending transfer to a clinic for a medical procedure,” a police officer said.

Per neighbors, the dog never showed any signs of aggression in the four months it lived in the apartment. Additionally, they say the owner always took the dog for walks wearing a muzzle.

Since the incident, officials have launched an investigation, and have sent the dog to Zoonosis Center of Health Secretariat of Cúcuta for a 10-day behavioral analysis to determine its fate.

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