21-05-2025
Man mauled by 2 dogs left bleeding alone on remote road by animals' owner
David Peter said it happened on Mother's Day while he was out for his daily six-kilometre walk on Hemlock Valley Road north of Harrison Mills. (CTV News)
A Fraser Valley man is recovering from serious injuries after being mauled by two dogs on a remote stretch of road.
David Peter said it happened on Mother's Day while he was out for his daily six-kilometre walk on Hemlock Valley Road north of Harrison Mills.
He said he noticed an older grey truck parked at a pullout on the side of the road – and then the two dogs, which he describes as pitbulls, suddenly charged at him aggressively.
'It felt like it was about five minutes that the dogs were biting into me,' he said, as he described how the animals knocked him down while one locked its jaws on his left bicep and the other one bit his right arm.
According to Peter, a man and woman eventually managed to gain control of the animals and load them into the truck.
But instead of helping him, he said, the couple simply drove away while he was lying in the grass at the side of the road, bleeding profusely.
Fortunately, Peter was able to call 911, but because of his remote location, he was on the phone with the dispatcher for 33 minutes before paramedics arrived to transport him to the hospital.
'There was flesh falling out of my arm. I got over 50 stitches and most of it's all in my left arm,' he said.
A member of the Sts'Ailes First Nation, Peter is being supported by his family and community as everyone tries to comprehend why the couple left him prone and injured at the roadside.
'We're just disheartened as a community to hear how the events unfolded,' said Sts'Ailes Coun. Tim Felix. 'And the complete disregard for our brother.'
Agassiz RCMP confirm the mauling is under investigation, but say they don't have any updates to provide at this time.
Peter knows it could have ended tragically for him, and that's why he's so upset that the man and woman just drove away.
'I could have been dying. But they just drove by and left,' he said. 'They didn't check if I needed help.'
