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A jogger suffered cuts and bruises<\/a> as she fought off an attacker in Forsyth County\u2019s largest park, according to investigators in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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It happened about 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 2-square-mile Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, and the attacker remains at large, the Forsyth County Sheriff\u2019s Office says.<\/p>\n

\u201cA female victim reported that she was jogging on a hiking trail near the dog park and overflow parking lot when an unknown white male surprised and attacked her,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office reported in a June 30 Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim fought off her attacker and escaped, exiting the woods where a witness called 911. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the cuts on her body were serious enough to require stitches, county officials said at a news conference.<\/p>\n

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The attacker is described as: white and bald, with a graying beard, and he wore a red shirt and shorts. \u201cThe suspect has multiple tattoos including a noticeable cross tattoo. He also has ear piercings, but no earrings,\u201d county officials said.<\/p>\n

Tanglewood Park<\/a> covers 1,100 acres, and attracts about 500,000 people annually to its gardens, golf courses, horse stables and stocked lakes, county officials said.<\/p>\n

The incident happened the same day two women reported being attacked<\/a> by an armed man while hiking on the Bicentennial Greenway in High Point, which is about 30 miles northeast of Tanglewood Park. A bystander intervened, resulting in the man fleeing, officials said.<\/p>\n

Investigators have determined the two attacks are unrelated, due to vastly different descriptions of the suspects, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

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Clemmons is about a 75-mile drive northeast from uptown Charlotte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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