PHOENIX, AZ -- A hiker at South Mountain's preserve was hospitalized Monday night after he was stung hundreds of times by bees.
Witnesses say they heard the 30-something male hiker screaming and yelling about 4 p.m. Monday from a gulley area about 150 yards off the trail.
He was being attacked by hundreds of bees.
The man tried to run, but collapsed behind a rock.
Witnesses say he was coated in bees as he waved a shirt above his head and screamed for help.
He was lucky people saw the attack and called for help.
Even police and park rangers could not help the hiker.
By the time a special technical rescue team with the Phoenix Fire Department arrived, the man had been under attack for 2 hours.
Six members of the rescue unit donned special bee suits with helmets, taped up their wrists to close up any holes and started down the mountain.
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