Man Uses Duct Tape for Bear Attack Wounds

yahoo | 9/26/03

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WASILLA, Alaska - A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear on a remote trail said he used duct tape to bind his bite wounds, then rode an all-terrain vehicle to his pickup truck and drove himself to a hospital.

Bill Murphy said the Sept. 17 attack happened after he surprised a grizzly cub and its mother on a trail about 50 miles northeast of Anchorage where he was hunting for moose and sheep.

"I didn't even have time to jump," Murphy said.

Murphy grabbed his rifle but before he could raise it, the mother bear pinned him face-down.

It then clamped her jaws around his right shoulder and started shaking him like a rag. He said he felt teeth pressing against his skin, then a pop as they sliced through.

At some point, the bear let go, then stood over Murphy, panting and drooling onto his head. All he could think about was a bear attack over the summer near the Russian River where a man was bitten on the face and blinded.

"I just lay perfectly still and said, 'God, don't bite my head,'" Murphy said.

Finally, the bear moved away. Murphy said he got up, planning to shoot the bear, but it had broken his rifle.

Murphy said he wrapped duct tape around his shoulder and cut up a cloth bag to wrap around his thigh. He hiked out to his four-wheeler, rode about 15 miles back to his pickup truck and drove a half hour to Valley Hospital in Palmer.

The 54-year-old said he has no idea how long the attack lasted, but it felt like "two lifetimes."

"I can laugh about it now, but I wasn't laughing then," he said.

[dogbyte12]

Is there anything Duct Tape couldn't do?

Duct tape for President 2008!

[Sir Gawain]

http://www.ducttapecreations.com/index.html

[EggsAckley]

I carry a huge roll of duct tape in my van at all times. It's amazing how many times it comes in handy. Wish I'd invented the stuff!

[RiVer19]

Reminds me of something I did three years ago. I was jumping off the front of my boat after putting it on the trailer at the launching ramp. I made the critical mistake of jumping too close to the trailer and caught my thigh on a bolt that held the wench on. Rip......Tore my thigh wide open. Ouch! I grabbed the duct tape and taped it back together and rode to the hospital. The doctors got a laugh out of it. But, they kept saying that it may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but getting it off me was going to hurt like &^*&%. But, in reality it wasn't that bad. It was like a BIG butterfly bandage. Gotta love duct tape. I always keep some in my Bronco. ...you just never know.

[ElkGroveDan]

The idiots at the hospital probably removed the duct tape -- happens all the time.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Beware of bears.

[Incorrigible]

Here he is at the hospital:

[The Dude Abides]

I like the fact that the man's first thought after the mauling was to crawl for his gun to shoot the bear.

[xJones]

Bill Murphy said the Sept. 17 attack happened after he surprised a grizzly cub and its mother on a trail about 50 miles northeast of Anchorage where he was hunting for moose and sheep.

Hunting for moose and sheep? I thought it was supposed to be moose and squirrel.

[headsonpikes]

"I can laugh about it now, but I wasn't laughing then."

A remarkably clear-thinking guy.

[Kenny Bunk]

The real reason this guy is a hero is that he had the presence of mind to concoct this cock-and-bull bear story to protect the reputation of the moose, which is what undoubtedly attacked him. Wayta go, boy!

[MaryFromMichigan]

That's gonna hurt...

[Pan_Yans Wife]

But, at least the moose didn't bite his sister! :)

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Is there anything Duct Tape couldn't do? see also http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990023/posts

[theDentist]

Sure it wasn't a sheep fearing molestation?

[xsrdx]

Murphy said he got up, planning to shoot the bear, but it had broken his rifle.

Smart friggin bear.

Conversely, it might be time to think about a tougher rifle. Or maybe a large sidearm.

[First Amendment]

What a brave man! I am glad we only have black bears around here, I couldn't handle grizzlies. (A black bear - good sized one - ate all our goat feed a couple weeks ago, bent the metal lid of the can as though it were cardboard. Bears are STRONG!

[Ed Straker]

[boris]

"Hunting for moose and sheep? I thought it was supposed to be moose and squirrel."

Moose und squirrel are my beat--lay off.

--Boris

[putupon]

Moose und squirrel are my beat--lay off.

What about Sherman, Mr. Peabody and the Way-Back Machine? You got dibs on the whole show or just Moose and Squirrel?

[Drawsing]

Country folks can survive...

Charlie Daniels

[boris]

Just Moose und squirrel.

[xJones]

You can keep your dumb old moose and squirrel. I've got my own hero:

[StriperSniper]

First thing I thought of was my buddy who got his hand ripped up by a bluefish, taped it, and kept fishing.

[Pagey]

Duct-Tape. The next time some Liberal skunk says something negative about America, I'll think of this story and all of the other wonderful American inventions created in this great country. Ohhhh, to have the patent on that product........