When Davyta Gray, 30, went for a walk on Pine Street on Sept. 27, nearly a dozen dogs from a nearby home attacked him.BIENVILLE PARISH, La. (KSLA) - Because of the array of scars across his body, Davyta Gray will be reminded every day of the horror he endured when he was mauled by a pack of dogs and bitten 133 times.“I’m doing a little better. Like my legs and stuff are still hurting, but the recovery, it’s coming back kind of slow,” Gray told KSLA.On Sept. 27, Davyta Gray was taking a walk on Pin...
When Davyta Gray, 30, went for a walk on Pine Street on Sept. 27, nearly a dozen dogs from a nearby home attacked him.
BIENVILLE PARISH, La. (KSLA) - Because of the array of scars across his body, Davyta Gray will be reminded every day of the horror he endured when he was mauled by a pack of dogs and bitten 133 times.
“I’m doing a little better. Like my legs and stuff are still hurting, but the recovery, it’s coming back kind of slow,” Gray told KSLA.
On Sept. 27, Davyta Gray was taking a walk on Pine Street on the way to visit a friend when he was attacked by multiple dogs, resulting in him nearly losing his life.
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“The dogs, they just ran up to me and started barking and stuff, but I’m used to them doing that, so I’m thinking they just gone do what they been doing, but they kept on coming. And I seen how serious it was,” he recalled. “That’s when I started swinging to get them off me. They got my legs first. Thats when I fell down trying to fight them off, keep them off, but I couldn’t do nothing but scream and holler for a little while.”
That typical walk for Gray nearly cost him his life. Even though he screamed for help, nobody came.
“It’s the worst feeling of your life, helpless. Just watching it happen, knowing you can’t do anything about it going on,” he lamented.
After getting mauled and bitten more than 100 times, the dogs finally relinquished their attacks and left Gray alone. But not without major injuries.
“To save my arm, they had to take an artery out of my leg and put it here to save my arm,” Gray explained.
Gray was on life support for several days and had to undergo five major surgeries, and doctors nearly had to amputate his arm. He says he’s just grateful to be alive.
“God got a purpose for me still being here because I’m supposed to be right there beside him,” Gray said.
He wasn’t the only person attacked by the pack of dogs. According to Bienville Parish Sherrif’s Office, 40-year-old Donovan Brooks was also mauled by the same dogs and tragically lost his life.
“Rest in peace to him. He lost his life,” Gray said.
Family members say Brooks was missing for weeks before his remains were found on Pine Street, which is where Gray was attacked as well.
The sheriff’s department has arrested four people in connection to the dog attacks. They’re believed to be the dogs’ owners.
Webster Parish Animal Control officers seized over two dozen dogs from the property last week.
Images of Gray’s wounds can be seen in the gallery below:
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