Girl Phones Mom: The Bear is Eating Me!

i was gonna eat something before i read this thing and now i can't.

but yeah, i mean she was 19, and she made 3 calls to her mother?? instead of police? i'd never put my mom through shit like this, it's horrible enough without the live progress report. bear attacks are fucking gruesome, all wild animal attacks are. but this thing is plain twisted because of the psychological component.

 

This is an incredibly sad and disturbing story , I'll be praying for the family and for the daughter and her stepfather's souls.

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Bears almost always attack because they feel threatened, so the best thing to do if you don't have a big gun or bear spray is to stand your ground, talk calmly to the bear, and make yourself look big. If you run, there's a very good chance you'll excite their predatory instinct, and suddenly you look like less of a threat and more like food. You can't outrun a bear, they are a lot faster than even Olympic runners.

Bears will often make several bluff charges, only turning away at the last second, though sometimes it's no bluff. If it attacks you, get into the fetal position as quickly as possible, try to protect your vital organs while the bear is swatting and biting you, and pray that you aren't going to be the rare case where the bear decided that you're lunch. Fighting will often only make the attack last longer and be more severe. If the bear is a grizzly, then when the attack is done, wait, don't get up right away. They will sometimes wait and watch to make sure you stay down. Move as little as possible, and make absolutely sure the grizzly bear is gone before you get up, because the second attack is usually worse.

Best thing to do though is avoid this kind of situation in the first place. Make noise so you don't surprise the bears. They prefer to avoid humans, so if they hear you coming, they'll usually run off. Also, don't go out alone into areas where there might be bears. The more people there are, the less likely it is they'll attack. And buy some bear spray and know how to use it.

I'm sure there's some stuff I forgot, or I might have gotten something wrong, so look it up yourself. There's lots of info on the web.

stay safe

 

A teenager in Canada recently saved himself and a classmate by punching an attacking bear in the nose. He punched it as hard as he could and the bear ran off. Such a reaction though seems uncommon. If anything it usually probably just pisses the bear off.

I don't carry a gun with me when I go into the woods, but I do carry a 5-6 inch blade. I could at least hope to slice a jugular should some bastard bear come for me. Bears scare the fuck out of me. They're like the sharks of land.

 

I was told that by a boyscout. Who has encountered bears, though never that close. And of course you wouldn't get that close to a bear purposely, but what are you going to do if you have a bear in your face? Just stand there and let him have at you? You act intimidating and if you have to, you punch him in the fucking face. I didn't post this with the intention of having someone go punch a bear in the face, but if my advice is rubbish, I'd like you to please let me know what would be better advice to give someone when encountering a bear attack. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, please do not take it as that, but you insulted my post and if you think there is something else that should be done, please inform me so that I do not misinform anyone else.


Edit- I see you already addressed this, Skip.

 

a bear would never eat a woman... :biker:

 

with a polar bear or grizzly running is futile..fighting is futile...playing dead is futile

punching it in the nose is actually just about the only thing you can do..but chances are you will die anyway

 

That is terrible. I feel terrible for the girl and her mother. Must of been a horrible thing to go through for both of them

 

Yeah, that was pretty much what I was getting at. Punching a bear in the nose is likely the only chance you have. And even that is likely futile.

 

futile yes but it probably feels good

 

heh heh heh lil kid walks up to bear and pinches it's nose. "I got ur nose!" Bear goes rawr and then..........

 

That's horrific.. such a strong young girl. trying to hold on. Can't imagine what she went through.

 

poor girl

 

If the bear ate the phone, they could find the bear with ease..

 

Humans should never give teddy bears to their children. There should be a federal law where they execute the parents and put the child with the state child protective services. It creates a species that ignores it's natural instinct. RUN!

Bears have been eating people for the last million years. Who doesn't get this???

God, I'm glad that I'm not a straight person. They're all crazy.

 

well i dunno...if ya read some of the comments below the story, some of them have a point...how do ya make a phone call when yer getting mauled by a wild animal???...not too sure it's completely believable as it has been told in the story, but still a horrible mindsight as i did read it.