>> o-t-t-e-r. please hurry. i can't keep him off. >> reporter: hitzig says animals are not normally this aggressive. despite suffering from six rabies shots, will gibbons vows no vengeance against his attacker. >> i don't think i'll ever see it again. but if i do, i guess i'll call animal control. >> reporter: which is also the advice of the experts. matt gutman, abc news, miami. the holiday shopping season appears to be off to an encouraging start with americans spending an estimated $45 billion since thursday. 212 million shoppers visited stores over the black friday weekend. that's up nearly 9% from the 195 million who shopped this time last year. on black friday itself, mall sales were up a slight .3%. today, of course, is cyber monday. online sales are expected to attract a record 107 million shoppers. "consumer reports" predicts 17% of all americans are ready to