ARROYO CITY -- What was supposed to be a pleasant Memorial Day weekend at Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park in Arroyo city quickly turned in to a nightmare. Camper Baldamar Garcia was with his family when their vacation was suddenly ended by a swarm of bees.
"We noticed there was a beehive in the area, where they have the information both for the campers" says Garcia,”and we passed there several times and the bees never did anything to us. And not until the following day when someone started to BBQ and i guess that aggravated them."
After seeing his family getting attacked, Garcia and his wife and children ran to their tents for shelter and tried calling emergency responders.
"I called 911, they called EMS, I called the guard shack and we were in the county park and they were all available and we couldn't get no help," says Garcia. "We had to take things in to our own hands and save ourselves."
The Rio Hondo fire department did show up but told action 4 that they left when they received word from park officials that no one was in danger. Garcia said he tried to warn the park about the bees but feels they took it too lightly.
"They might of been joking and I’m sure they were," says Garcia, "we paid to camp there and they told us...At least we're not charging you for the bees."
The bees were eventually taken care of by an exterminator but not before Garcias cousin Omar Tamez and his family were taken to the hospital. This is one situation that Tamez says he is glad it is over.
"I lived and I experienced it and it is one scary scary thing to go through"
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