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spudnik
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B.C. man comes out swinging in bear attack
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 | 9:43 PM ET
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Jim West needed 60 stitches on his head and body to close wounds from the bear attack. Jim West needed 60 stitches on his head and body to close wounds from the bear attack. (CBC)
A Cariboo, B.C., man who was attacked by a bear says he used a stick to put up the fight of his life after he realized he was likely in a fight to the death.
Jim West, 45, was out walking last Saturday morning with his two dogs near 70 Mile House, about halfway between Kamloops and Williams Lake, when he came face to face with an angry mother bear.
"I turned [when] I heard a grunt. All I saw was eyes full of hatred … I had no option … So I stuck my foot up and tried to kick her in the face," he said.
The bear then attacked him, knocking him to the ground, and West soon found himself on the losing side of an ill-matched fight.
"I rolled onto my stomach and clasped my hands at the back of my neck. She tore into my skull at the back of my head, moved over and bit me on the left side of my body, on my ribs and left arm," said West.
Knowing he would likely soon be dead unless he fought back, the injured West managed to get to his feet and picked up a stick about as thick as his arm.
Bear's skull crushed
"I said, in effect, bring it on sweetie. I took one step forward — smash!" said West.
Jim West demonstrates how he swung at the oncoming bear with a stick he grabbed off the ground. Jim West demonstrates how he swung at the oncoming bear with a stick he grabbed off the ground. (CBC)
"I swung the stick and broke it over her head. She kind of stood there and shook it off, like she was stunned," he said.
"I realized if I didn't continue the attack she would knock me to the ground again and I would not get up.
"I swung my piece of wood like a sledgehammer driving spikes and I kept swinging till she was lying flat on the ground and there was blood coming out of her nose," said West.
The five-foot-nine man eventually crushed the bear's skull with the stick, killing it.
West then walked a kilometre and a half to a local lodge, where he was transported to hospital. The gashes in his body took 60 stitches to sew up.
The incident surprised even conservation officers, who say West is lucky to be alive.
Unfortunately, two young bears had to be euthanized because they would not survive the winter without their mother, West said. And while he regrets the deaths of the three bears, he believes he did what he needed to do to survive.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-bear-attack-survivor.html?ref=rss
This guy is freaking lucky, bear attacks are up this year.
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spudnik
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Well I'm impressed. I'd like to know what kind of bear it was, even a black bear would be pretty impressive, but if this guy downed a grizzly with a stick, I think he's officially the toughest man in Canada. That is sad about the cubs though, I'd have thought that they might have been able to find a zoo or something that would take them, but perhaps they were too long in the wild or something.
BTW, Spud, I find that I get a better response to posting news articles when I cut and paste the text of the article, rather than just posting a link, especially with the oddball ones like this. Some people are just too lazy to click on a link, lol. Also though, cutting and pasting insures that the text of the article will always be available, so that if the link should die people can still see what the thread is about. Another board that I post on is really anal about that, I had to learn the hard way.
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spudnik
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I was kind of surprised at how he killed it, there was another guy that stabbed a black bear last year with a small hunting knife.
Seem's to be more attacks this year, there was a hunter eaten by a grizzly just north of Calgary last week.
should get more replies, 
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| Bears should not have to defend themselves against mankind in their own habitat. Now, if the bear attacks you in your natural habitat, that's a different story ... |
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That bear must have had an unusual soft spot in her head.
When I was in Alaska I was told of a well known case from years before of a grizzly being shot in the head at very close range with a .375 H&H magnum rifle (something you'd use for African cape buffalo as well as grizzlies). The bear turned tail and went for miles before dying from massive brain damage. That just shows how tough and resilient they are.
At that point the big .44 magnum revolver I carried in the bush didn’t seem so big any more.  |
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This is sick! The bear wasn't even bothering him, and he killed her! Of course she's going to attack, he attacked her first!
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Hunting animals for sport is wrong on so many levels ...  |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| ShadesOfMe wrote: | | This is sick! The bear wasn't even bothering him, and he killed her! Of course she's going to attack, he attacked her first! |
Exactly.
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| If you want to hunt and kill a bear, use your bare hands. |
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Well, he didn't quite hunt it...he assumed that the bear was going to attack him and he provoked her. Animals usually don't attack people unless provoked.
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| Khan_Sama wrote: | | Well, he didn't quite hunt it...he assumed that the bear was going to attack him and he provoked her. Animals usually don't attack people unless provoked. |
Yes, this poor bear was minding her own business. This is brutal murder!
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It's possible that if he had reacted differently, she would not have attacked, but I think his dogs were part of the problem. Dogs in bear country are not a good idea, especially off-leash. They do get bears riled up.
And grizzlies might be bigger, but black bears are generally more dangerous. He really did need to fight back rather than play dead. Playing dead works better with grizzlies, who calm down faster. |
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| this navy seal killed one with one punch! |
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I doubt it. I doubt any mortal man could kill a bear with one punch.
Unless he's a Navy SEAL who originally hails from the planet Krypton.
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