Susan Woodward of Belpre gets her bandages attended to by her friend and neighbor Allison Knost.

The two may be calm now, but Sunday evening the scene was one of pure panic as Woodward fought for her life against an angry Donkey.

"At first, it was just walking towards me and I kept backing up. It started running at me and I ran down the hill. It chased me around a couple of trees and I don't remember which bite was first," says Woodward.

Home video was taken by one of the Dugan Road neighbors after the three donkeys were captured.

According to Woodward, the mules had escaped from an area home about a week ago. When she discovered them on her friend’s property, she tried to herd them together to return them, but the male donkey had other plans.

"At first I was yelling for Allison, then I was yelling for a gun. Just anybody come with a gun, ‘cause it was going to kill me," says Woodward.

"By the time we got there she was over the hill, pinned in a ditch, the donkey had a hold of her hand and my husband shooed him off," says Knost.

Woodward sustained two serious bites to the leg, and the mule almost succeeded in taking off her finger.

No one is sure exactly what prompted the animal to attack, but Washington County Animal Control says the owner, Dan Fordice, has some explaining to do.

"They're hooves were very overgrown. Their physical conditions were a little on the skinny side. Their coats were all matted," he says.

But as for Woodward, she says she is just happy to be alive.

"I thank God that it was me and not one of the kids around here ‘cause they would be dead. There's no doubt in my mind," says Woodward.

The owner, Dan Fordice, could face charges of having wild animals at large, animal neglect, and could also be held liable for Woodward's injuries.

Woodward said Fordice did stop by to apologize Monday morning and even offered to go buy her medicine.