LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man stung at least 300 times by a swarm of bees is talking about his terrifying experience.
Albert Watson believes his military training helped save his life. The 69-year-old likes to hike Lone Mountain and has done the hike several times. Last Friday, he was more than half way up the mountain when he was attacked by a swarm of bees.
"I barely noticed them at first, but then the swarm intensified," Watson said.
He says the bees swarmed with little warning and began stinging him all over his body. He was hiking alone and made a split-second decision to hike the rest of the way to the top of the mountain to get away from the bees. Fortunately, some fellow hikers came along and discovered him and called for help.
"I was really beat, I was tired, I was frustrated and I'm very happy that someone else was in the area at the time," Watson said.