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Hiker Survives 3 Months in Wilderness Following Bear Attack [maybe ate his dog, who saved him]
ABC News ^
| Nov. 1, 2013
| RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Posted on 11/04/2013 12:09:55 PM PST by Daffynition
A hiker was rescued after surviving a bear attack and spending three months, exposed to snow and freezing temperatures, in a remote corner of northern Canada, police said.
Police located Marco Lavoie, 44, in the wilderness near Waskaganish, Quebec, on Wednesday, 10 days after his family reported him missing and nearly a month after the experienced outdoorsman was expected to return from a two month hiking expedition.
Police believe Lavoie survived the bear attack uninjured, sometime in August, when his German shepherd got in between the man and the bear, Sgt. Ronald McInnis, spokesman for the Quebec Provincial Police told ABCNews.com.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bear; dog; dogs; maul; rescue
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Lavoie was *NOT* experienced. He had no business out there unprepared.
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:13:37 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: Daffynition
The article states that the bear eat his food and damaged his survival equipment. Appears he may have been prepared prior to the bear attack. He must be one tough guy.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:16:24 PM PST
by
TaMoDee
(Go Pack Go!)
To: Daffynition
Lavoie was *NOT* experienced. He is now.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:18:30 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Destroy patriotism & government will fall. Tamper with love of country & you'll have revolution)
To: TaMoDee
To: TaMoDee
It’s a movie ....Old Yeller redux.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:20:18 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: kanawa
To: Daffynition
Police located Marco Lavoie, 44, in the wilderness near Waskaganish, Quebec, on Wednesday, 10 days after his family reported him missing and nearly a month after the experienced outdoorsman was expected to return from a two month hiking expedition. Police believe Lavoie survived the bear attack uninjured, sometime in August, when his German shepherd got in between the man and the bear, Sgt. Ronald McInnis, spokesman for the Quebec Provincial Police told ABCNews.com. "What one man can do, another man can do."
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:21:49 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
(Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
To: Daffynition
Plenty of questions here that need answers but one in particular is did he have a gun or did the Bear eat it.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:21:56 PM PST
by
Rappini
(Veritas vos Liberabit)
To: Tijeras_Slim; kanawa
Not as tough as a FReeper. Nope. not even close. A FReeper would kill the bear to save the dog.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:23:24 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Tijeras_Slim; kanawa
Kanawa, I’d love to hear your comment on this story. :)
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:23:34 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I like the fact that my dog(s) like(-s) to walk point.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:24:11 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: null and void
To: Daffynition
Ate his dog? Sounds like Obama.
To: Daffynition
In the land of fang and claw if you ain’t got a gun you’re lunch.
Bet he had a lot of “Dude, what was I thinking?” moments.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:26:12 PM PST
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: Rappini
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:26:57 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Nope. I knew it was him, and noticed you hadn’t pinged him. (then you did while I was posting)...
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:27:00 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: TaMoDee
Before going out to areas like that he needed to know how to keep his supplies from attracting bears and in a way bears could not eat his food. He also needed a firearm so he could have saved himself from the bears. I don’t know if he was allowed a firearm but for me that would be a good reason not to go if I was not going to be able to protect myself.
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posted on
11/04/2013 12:27:02 PM PST
by
Tammy8
To: null and void
Cool, I figured you’d know. I wish I could find the anti pitbull thread where he covers his face with BBQ sauce.
To: Daffynition
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