A 12-year-old Boy Scout is recovering Tuesday after a scary encounter with a bear while camping at Harriman State Park.

Henry Ayers was camping with his troop when a hungry bear tried to go through their food.

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The bear approached the tent and bit him through his sleeping bag. The bear then dragged him before his friends were able to help scare off the animal.

"I thought I was still asleep," says Ayers. "I can barely even remember it now because it was dark out and it was a black bear so it was dark. I could only see its face."

Ayers says he had to get a rabies shot and had other minor injuries.

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