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JBER runner after bear attack: 'This is how I'm going to die'
Anchorage Daily News ^ | May 29, 2014 | CRAIG MEDRED

Posted on 05/29/2014 7:56:07 PM PDT by skeptoid

A young California mother attacked by a grizzly bear while running along a remote road through the woods at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson says she was at one point sure she was going to die.

In a video interview with military officials 12 days after the attack, Jessica Gamboa, wife of a soldier on the base and mother of a 4-year-old son, said she thought her life was over after the bear knocked her to the ground, picked her up by her backside, carried her across the road, dropped her to the ground, and worked her over twice more before finally leaving her broken and bleeding.

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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alaska; bear; bearattack; bearattacks; bearsattack; brownbearattack; brownbearattacks; grizzly
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The latest Alaska brown bear attack
1 posted on 05/29/2014 7:56:07 PM PDT by skeptoid
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To: skeptoid

Where the heck did that “bears are gentle and friendly” troll of a couple of weeks ago go, anyway? BTT


2 posted on 05/29/2014 7:57:15 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: skeptoid

Sad she had to learn about bears the hard way.


3 posted on 05/29/2014 8:14:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: skeptoid

probably a mother bear with cubs nearby.


4 posted on 05/29/2014 8:59:40 PM PDT by entropy12 (Harry Reid will not allow debate on any good bills passed by House. GOP needs 51 senators in 2014!)
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To: skeptoid

UM, what the heck happened to this woman’s husband, who was running with her?

I would really think if you are running in a wilderness area, or heck anywhere, that you all should stick together.


5 posted on 05/29/2014 9:03:05 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Billthedrill

I remember something about a guy who went to live with the bears and was eaten


6 posted on 05/29/2014 9:08:46 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: jocon307

Didn’t you get the leftie memo - I am an leftie woman I don’t need a man to protect me! I am woman hear me roar - or scream for my life as the case may be!


7 posted on 05/29/2014 9:13:41 PM PDT by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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To: jocon307

Yeah, I noted that when she was bleeding and walking on the road, she said she was thinking of her four year old and that he was the only thing she wanted to live for. I am assuming that she realized that her mate had left her behind and didn’t look back to check on her every once in a while.


8 posted on 05/29/2014 9:19:04 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Eclipse, the sequel to Bright Horizons is out! Get it now!)
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To: GeronL

Timothy Snackwell, er, I mean Treadwell.


9 posted on 05/29/2014 9:19:41 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Eclipse, the sequel to Bright Horizons is out! Get it now!)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

The answer is to jog with slowpokes....


10 posted on 05/29/2014 9:22:03 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

But some bears like a challenge.


11 posted on 05/29/2014 9:24:19 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: GeronL

“The answer is to jog with slowpokes....”

Apparently that was her husband’s strategy.


12 posted on 05/29/2014 9:24:44 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: GeronL

“I don’t have to outrun the bear,” he said, snugging his shoelace tight and standing up.
“I just have to outrun you.”


13 posted on 05/29/2014 9:36:22 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: skeptoid

Lucky. Bad attack. Good she played dead.


14 posted on 05/29/2014 9:44:36 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

That is the best way to survive a grizzly/brown bear attack is play dead. But with black bears you are supposed to run at them with your arms raised, screaming to appear larger than you are.


15 posted on 05/29/2014 11:13:03 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: tumblindice

Bump


16 posted on 05/29/2014 11:17:42 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: jocon307

Where did you read about running with the husband? I must have missed that part!


17 posted on 05/29/2014 11:30:25 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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The answer is to jog with slowpokes....

I knew quite a few USAF people who were at Elmendorf. All the ones I ever knew, said they never went hiking alone, and everyone one of them carried no less than a .44 magnum, just because of the bears.

18 posted on 05/29/2014 11:56:54 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Mark17

Not Bear fans I guess, did they like the Browns any better?


19 posted on 05/30/2014 12:27:06 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
Not Bear fans I guess, did they like the Browns any better?

What a coincidence. One of the guys who said they packed .44s or rifles, told me, that just for the heck of it, he tried out for the Cleveland Browns one day. He said he lasted 3 hours. He said the hitting was unlike anything he ever experienced in college. I like to watch football, but I think anyone who plays the game, must have a screw loose.

20 posted on 05/30/2014 1:16:55 AM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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