Posted on 06/07/2008 9:36:22 PM PDT by george76
A man from B.C.'s Interior not only survived being mauled by a grizzly he killed the bear as well.
John Shorter, 38, was hiking near Dease Lake in Northern B.C. Tuesday when he said he smelled a bear in the area.
"I heard a woofing sound, turned, seen a grizz coming at me. I managed to get my rifle up and get one round into the chest. At that point he got on top of me, obviously, and took me down," Shorter said. "He proceeded to try to maul me in the back of the scalp and on the neck, and I protected my neck with my hands. They got fairly chewed up."
The bear was biting at his hands, which were covering his neck, so he dropped his rifle. He scrambled to get it back, eventually putting some distance between himself and the bear.
He shot the animal a second time, this time killing it.
"You just put yourself in overdrive and try and not get yourself killed," Shorter said. "It's an amazing amount of adrenaline going through yourself. You get lots of thoughts going through your mind but you think about, obviously, your family and it's worth living, so fight."
I noticed my shoulder was dislocated. I managed to pop it in myself and thought I'd better go and get some help,"
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
Good job
Sounds like John Shorter didn't need any help, matter of fact he might not even have needed the rifle, this guy is tough.
Shouldn’t he be charged with something? If in USA he would be.
Are those from a four bore?
Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth
I think this is the best of the bear attack books. I have a copy and have given one away as a gift. An excellent read.
Thanks
If a bear mauled me, I’d be ticked off too. ;’)
The Forest Service used to issue .375 H&H Magnums to their folks in Alaska...sounds about right to me.
Of course, that was 30 years ago. Now, they probably issue talking points and tapes of classical music to play while you are being mauled.
When I was up there, 2 Air Force personnel were hunting Grizzlies with rifles, one shot a grizzly and it rushed him, bit into his rifle. He raised his front leg up next to his mouth and snapped the wooden butt stock off like it was a toothpick. The hunter's partner shot and killed the bear, but not soon enough to save him.
That Bear looks like he is talking.
And a good (big) dog.
Does anybody remember Dan Ackroyd, in an SNL skit, saying “never feed a marshmallow to a bear like this” while putting a marshmallow in his mouth and tipping his head sideways?
and a backhoe.
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