On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:05:02 -0700 (PDT), bluezfolk <ericreh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>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.
That's what I've said from the beginning: wildlife need and deserve
habitat off-limits to humans.
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are
fond of!
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
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