Hiker Survives 3 Months in Wilderness Following Bear Attack [maybe ate his dog, who saved him]

ABC News ^ | Nov. 1, 2013 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN

[TigersEye]

I'll bet its hearing is equally acute...

[BerryDingle]

Provincial Parks in Ontario restrict all firearms for tourists, but doesn't include Park Rangers or Canadian Indigenous personnel. Indigenous personnel can freely shoot game for their annual potlatches, but I've also noticed all beaver and other fur animals are missing along gravel secondary roads.

There are some good lessons in both what to do and what not to do from the incident at Missinaibi Provincial Park with Dr. Jacqueline Perry. I personally remember 2 other bear attacks that resulted in 3 deaths in Algonquin Provincial Park.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “I’ll bet its hearing is equally acute...” <<

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You bet! - He can hear my car keys jingle from two blocks away.

[LucianOfSamasota]

COULD be another of Obama’s sons.

He eats dog!

[Tammy8]

They do make bear canisters, and some hiking food is known for not being that attractive to bears. I realize if he planned to stay for a month he could not pack enough canisters due to weight- so would likely have to set up a base camp of sorts and circle back to replenish from a canister stash. Keeping food from bears is not easy but many manage to do it. I have a cousin that used to guide hunters for Kodiak bears and he knew many tricks since you don’t want to cross those bears for sure.

As I see it the worst mistake he made was not being armed, and I realize legally that may not have been allowed- but if not I wouldn’t have went to begin with. I used to spend a lot of time in the great outdoors and would not have considered going where I couldn’t be armed. Too many critters to deal with in different climates- not to mention every once in a while someone encounters people that are bad news.

[TigersEye]

Your points are well taken.

[Daffynition]

I’m pretty sure it happened in NW Canada, and the lost hiker was from Quebec.

[Daffynition]

The 1972 Andean plane crash and Donner Party come to mind.....I’m sure there are more.

[Vermont Lt]

I love that movie.

[Vermont Lt]

I am pretty experienced. I done a lot of adventure things. I would never walk two months through a wilderness without a sat phone or rescue beacon.

I know a lot of people poo poo high tech stuff. I still shoot film cameras. But sometimes walking into the wilderness like that is just stupid.

[Alex Murphy]

I love that movie.

Yay! Someone recognized the quote!

[Daffynition]

WWSD?

Ping-a-woof

[Salamander]

She sure as hell wouldn’t eat her dog, that’s what.

[Daffynition]

In my wildest nightmare....I couldn’t imagine doing such a thing. There’s a scsred trust that could not be broken.