BEAR REPELLENT
Posted on 07/29/2010 10:19:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
WHEN Deb Freele woke up in her tent, a grizzly bear was chewing on her arm. She screamed as she heard the bones break.
Recovering in hospital yesterday, she explained how she had survived: “I screamed, he bit harder. I screamed harder, he continued to bite. I told myself, 'play dead'. I went totally limp. As soon as I went limp, I could feel his jaws get loose and then he let me go.”
Mrs Freele, 58, was one of two survivors of a deadly bear attack in the middle of the night at a busy campsite just outside Yellowstone National Park in Montana. Kevin Kammer, 48, from Michigan, was killed as he slept.
A teenage boy was also attacked as the bear tore through several tents in the sprawling Soda Butte camping grounds. Rangers later captured a female grizzly with cubs, and officials are certain that the bear, which is estimated to weigh up to 180kg, was responsible for the attacks. About 600 grizzly bears and hundreds of less-aggressive black bears live in the Yellowstone area.
BEAR REPELLENT
Ha...I have the same frame in .357 mag...
That too would be a good Bear Stopper.
Better than playing dead and hoping the bear isn’t still hungry or smart.
Heh heh...it’s stops other things too...
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