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(#14) One Woman Was Stepped On By A Black Bear While Sleeping In Her Tent
From Redditor /u/garmachi:
A black bear stepped on my wife in the middle of the night.
We were camping...when a bear wandered into our area. It was about 3 am and everyone was asleep. It was most likely sniffing for food...and mistook my wife's tent for a large rock or something, because it walked right over her in the middle of the night.
She says she woke up to something crushing her foot and when she heard it snorting and huffing, knew exactly what it was. Adrenaline kicked in and she lay perfectly still and quiet. A few seconds later it was off her, headed toward the tree where our food was.
It managed to figure out that clawing the rope would bring the bag down, and it ate all of our supplies. Fortunately, when we surveyed the damage the next morning, everyone was okay and we were only a couple miles from the car. We had to cut our trip short, but it really could have been worse.
That area is now designated as "Bear Canisters Only" for camping.
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(#3) Two Women Were Chased By A Black Bear Through The Nova Scotia Woods
Lindsay Jones and Nikki Latta went to some woods near Port George, Nova Scotia, to paint on trees and were greeted by a hunting dog. When the dog suddenly ran away, they were suspicious, but continued on. A few minutes later, a large black bear emerged from the trees only a few feet away and the women yelled to scare it off.
Latta recounted to Women's Health:
We thought the yelling had scared it away, because we didn't see it. Still, we grabbed hands and started running. Then we saw the bear following right behind us...I've taken wilderness survival courses, and what frightened me most was that the bear wasn't scared of us. I knew we shouldn't run, but it was so close and gave us little choice. So we tried to escape as smartly as we could, playing cat and mouse and taking turns distracting it by shouting and waving our arms while the other person ran.
Eventually, the women came across a hunting shack and broke in, calling 911 from a cell phone. About an hour later, the police found the women's car and the shack. The bear was tracked down and killed because of its abnormal predatory behavior.
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(#8) A Man Survived A Grizzly Bear Attack On His Birthday
Kim Wunderlich was spending his 49th birthday bow hunting with a few friends in Montana's Gravelly Mountains in 2010 when he and a companion were surprised by a grizzly bear charging out of the bushes. Wunderlich tried to hide behind a tree, but the mother grizzly attacked him. The bear knocked Wunderlich to the ground and bit at his legs before being scared off by his companion's screaming.
The men bandaged Wunderlich's wounds and they met up with the rest of their party before hiking almost two miles to their vehicle. Doctors discovered the bear had missed Wunderlich's groin and major arteries by mere inches, making his survival even more amazing.
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(#12) A Camper Almost Became Bear Food After Storing Toothpaste In His Sleeping Bag
From Redditor /u/EatATaco:
On my wilderness orientation for college, we went hiking in New Hampshire. We were all camping on a platform under a tarp. In the middle of the night, I awake to a girl screeching. I looked up and there is a f*cking black bear head inside the tarp. I was on the opposite side of the tent so I was okay, but it was right above a guy.
Obviously, the girl's yelling woke everyone up and we were all staring at the bear. All of a sudden, it grabbed the guy's sleeping bag and starts pulling him towards the outside slowly. The girl screamed again. The guy, like most of us, was paralyzed with fear.
I don't know if it was smart or not, but the leader took out a flashlight and shined it in the bear's eyes. The bear definitely looked a little annoyed or confused by this and let go of the kid and scampered off.
Eventually, we all calmed down, got a good laugh out of the whole thing, and desperately tried to find what attracted the bear. The moron had put toothpaste in the bottom of his sleeping bag (the rest of our stuff was in a bear bag) despite the fact the leader had EXPLICITLY mentioned toothpaste was a bear treat when we were making the bag.
I don't know about anyone else but I definitely did not sleep another wink that night.
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(#7) A Woman Was Able To Kick A Black Bear Away In Order To Escape Its Claws, Then Screamed Until It Left
Laurie Cooksey was hiking with three of her children in Virginia's Douthat State Park when one of her sons spotted a black bear only feet in front of them. It charged and the four of them took off running, but the bear caught Cooksey and pushed her to the ground, biting her on the leg. "He was fast. He was just so fast. The saving grace was it was raining hard and the leaves were slippery," she said.
Cooksey and the bear slid down an incline and she managed to kick the bear hard enough that it slid a good distance away from her. Then, she made a run for it. She met up with her kids just before the bear reappeared. This time, they screamed at it and made as much noise as they could, causing the bear to lose interest and leave. Cooksey received stitches in her leg and on her back to treat the injuries from the attack.
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(#4) A Man Lost Most Of His Face To A Bear Attack
Avid hunter Lee Brooke was hunting for elk with a few friends in Wyoming in 2016. When he went to pick up an elk he had shot the day before, he found a bear and her cubs had already claimed it. Brooke was unable to run away before the bear attacked, grabbing him from behind, biting his face, and leaping on top of him. Half of his body was crushed and he could see his nose and mustache on the ground a few feet away. Brooke didn't have his gun with him and could only stab at the bear with a steak knife he had in his pocket, which didn't have much effect.
Eventually, the bear left and Brooke was able to call for help. A hiking couple passing by called for medical help, and an hour later, Brooke's brother in law found him. Brooke was transported to two different hospitals where doctors were able to save his life.
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There are reports of bear attacks all over the world every year. There is no doubt that bears are aggressive wild animals. Even bears tamed in zoos or circuses still retain their innate nature. People cannot predict when they will get angry and cause death to humans. A number of the tragic incident of the bear attack has also triggered more serious thinking about the protection of wildlife and the safety of human beings.
Here the random tool collected 14 scary stories of bear attacks that survival people shared. Local governments should pay attention to and regulate the living space of wild animals and humans, and take necessary and safe measures to protect humans.
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