Posted on 05/17/2013 6:38:45 AM PDT by marktwain
SILVER CLIFF - A man is said to be recovering after he was attacked by a black bear in Marinette County, and his wife killed the animal by pounding a gun over its head.
Authorities said Gerre Ninnemann saw the bear running after his dog near his cabin at Silver Cliff yesterday. The bear tackled Ninnemann after a chase, and was biting-and-clawing at his back before he ran away. Sheriff’s deputies said he was mauled again. In the meantime, his wife Marie took out a gun but she didn’t know how to load it. So she pounded the weapon over the bear’s head, which let her husband escape. She then pointed the gun at the animal, as the couple backtracked into their cabin. A Marinette County deputy later killed the bear. There was no immediate word on Ninnemann’s condition. The bear was taken to Madison for a necropsy. A state DNR official said the animal was only a year old. Supervisor John Huff says there have only been a few bear attacks of people in Wisconsin in the last few decades.
Hahaha!
Great tagline, BTW. Lots of truth in that one. Then again, considering those bonuses to IRS employees, maybe it should be “give your money to the gov’t and a little of it will go to the poor”.
After reading this poorly written, with confusing and conflicting reporting...dude...teach your wife how to load and shoot the weapon. Sheesh.
Eh? One year old bears know about guns pointed at them?
(If the wife had been swinging the gun at the bear, I might understand, given the prior head-whacking...)
The bear tackled Ninnemann after a chase, and was biting-and-clawing at his back before he ran away.
Well, I assume Ninnemann ran away, but given the wording, it could have been a case of the bear getting a taste of DEET.
Wifey is apparently not sufficiently versed in proper use of a gun, but it is also fair to point out that a woman who will effectively defend her husband against with an awkward club against a bear is a keeper.
Why not? Sharks attack people on surf boards, so why won’t bears attack people who surf boards?
Yep...lol..."...I don't have to be real fast...just faster than you..."
Perhaps the bear was “merely stunned”....(parrot shop joke)
And they’re the people I want running -behind- me in the woods.
Two guys out hiking. One of them spots a .22 revolver in the other guy’s belt.
“What’s THAT for”?
“Bear.”
“You’re going to shoot a bear with a .22? Wow are you stupid!”
“Nah. All I have to do is shoot YOU in the foot.”
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