On Jun 30, 6:48 am, Siskuwihane <Siskuwiha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 12:11 am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Typical selfish hiker...
>
> http://news.aol.ca/article/bc-grizzly-attack-survivor/252399/
>
> 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."
>
> After killing the bear, Shorter picked up his rifle and staggered back
> to his vehicle.
>
> "I got back in my pickup, grabbed a drink of water, got my thoughts
> straight. I noticed my shoulder was dislocated. I managed to pop it in
> myself and thought I'd better go and get some help," Shorter said.
>
> He drove to the nearby community of Iskut for medical treatment.
>
> Shorter escaped the attack with what he called minor injuries. He
> received 40 stitches, and suffered a broken hand and multiple puncture
> wounds.
>
> "You know, if you're in that situation, all you can do is fight for
> all you got. I mean, I don't think I'm any different from anyone
> else," he said.
>
> Shorter is still recovering at his home in Smithers. Conservation
> officials continue to investigate the attack.
I guess following MV's logic, humans have no business hiking in the
wilds and giving the animals no time to use their habitat.
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