On Jul 1, 8:55=A0pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:05:02 -0700 (PDT), bluezfolk <eric...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On Jun 30, 6:48 am, Siskuwihane <Siskuwiha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Jun 30, 12:11 am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Typical selfish hiker...
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> >>http://news.aol.ca/article/bc-grizzly-attack-survivor/252399/
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> >> A man from B.C.'s Interior not only survived being mauled by a
grizzly
> >> - he killed the bear as well.
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> >> John Shorter, 38, was hiking near Dease Lake in Northern B.C. Tuesday
> >> when he said he smelled a bear in the area.
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> >> "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."
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> >> 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.
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> >> He shot the animal a second time, this time killing it.
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> >> "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."
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> >> After killing the bear, Shorter picked up his rifle and staggered
back
> >> to his vehicle.
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> >> "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.
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> >> He drove to the nearby community of Iskut for medical treatment.
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> >> Shorter escaped the attack with what he called minor injuries. He
> >> received 40 stitches, and suffered a broken hand and multiple
puncture
> >> wounds.
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> >> "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.
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> >> Shorter is still recovering at his home in Smithers. Conservation
> >> officials continue to investigate the attack.
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> >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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> That's what I've said from the beginning: wildlife need and deserve
> habitat off-limits to humans.
Sorry, you are a mountain-biker, Michael J. Vandeman, and what you say
is not to be trusted.
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