A pocket knife saves the day...

[46er]

up in Canada.

Canadian survives grizzly bear attack by stabbing it with pocket knife

Man fought back after being bitten in stomach, thighs, and thrown into ditch

www.theguardian.com

 

[RednekF350]

Wow.
Most of us will never understand the power of the drive to survive that this guy felt. And that's a good thing.

 

[old jersey girl]

and after the attack 'he got on his bike and cycled 4 miles to a logging camp' Damn, these Canadians are tough. Maybe on my next trip to Maine I'll just keep going north.

 

[46er]

He was very lucky he only got some puncture wounds and nightmare memories. A photographer, Jim Cole, who I met a few times in Yellowstone, was mauled twice, once in Glacier NP and the last time in 2007 in Yellowstone. He sometimes pushed the envelope with wildlife and the last time almost cost him his life. Got badly clawed over, lost one eye and then walked out 5 miles to the road where tourists helped until medic's arrived. He wrote a book about it and was also a staunch advocate for the bears. He passed on 3 years later of natural causes, 3 days before a fatal mauling in Yellowstone.

 

[manumuskin]

These bears are not Yogi. Give em the damn pick a nick basket!

 

[46er]

I have to chuckle the way the NPS reports on bear/human events by giving odds. Not sure if they are trying to minimize folks fears or not, but I'm leaning on the 'trying' side.

NPS - Page In-Progress

There are a couple of good books on the topic, as well as one that covers all deaths in the park written by Lee H. Whittlesey, the park historian.

 

[imkms]

NJ couple attacked in tent in Canada by wolf.

'Like ... a horror movie': Camper saves family of 4 from savage wolf attack

It was about half past midnight when Russ Fee woke up to the sound of frantic shouts coming from a campsite next to his in Canada's Banff National Park. From within his tent, he listened, quickly discerning that the voices belonged to a man and a woman. They were screaming for help. "I threw...

www.sfgate.com

 

[46er]

NJ couple attacked in tent in Canada by wolf.

It would be good to know if the animal tested positive for anything.

 

[bobpbx]

Interesting. I've always wondered if people surviving something like that gain courage, or are they haunted by it.

 

[Broke Jeep Joe]

Interesting. I've always wondered if people surviving something like that gain courage, or are they haunted by it.

I think it all depends on how you're made Bob, in my opinion some folks would shrug it off as a one time thing that randomly happened and some may be taken to the extreme end of comprehension by something like that.

 

[46er]

This is probably pretty close to what it must be like.

 

[manumuskin]

This is probably pretty close to what it must be like.

Definitely not a real bear but a damn good try

 

[bobpbx]

I was gonna watch that Al, but then said to myself, "nah, maybe later, too early for that".

 

[46er]

Definitely not a real bear but a damn good try

Good movie, supposedly based on true events of a real person, Hugh Glass from PA. Look him up, you'd like him

 

[manumuskin]

I"ve read Hugh Glass's story and on vacation in a couple weeks I may be stopping at the attack spot which is now actually just barely off the shore of a man made lake.they say th hole that was dug to bury him in was still visible till they flooded it