Posted on 05/21/2018 7:13:11 AM PDT by w1n1
Wes Perkins was the luckiest man to walk the earth, this guy survived the most gruesome bear attack ever.
The bear attack was so horrific, hard to look at or to think about.
The following is a story from Anchorage Daily News about survival, incredible willpower, and how the unbelievable can become the truth.
So how did this nightmare of situation come about? It was essentially a bear hunt gone bad, a routine and pleasant hunt that took a turn for the worse when Perkins came across the wrong bear at the wrong time.
Rather than fleeing like most usually do, the bear fed into it's fighting instinct, as it likely felt threatened. It turned out to be bad news for Perkins. Perkins, who is a trained paramedic, recalls the attack vividly.
“I had to dig stuff out of (my) airway to breathe,” he wrote. "If I was unconscious, I would have died. Also, (as) long as I lay still just right I was able to keep my airway open. I could not move my face sideways or my airway would close. I know if I lost consciousness, I would probably die. So I stayed alert all the way (to Nome), and I could squeeze the hands of my two partners when they asked me questions."
His partners were Dan Stang, a Nome dentist, and his son, Edward, a student in dentistry school at the time. They shot the 8-foot-tall, 13-year-old grizzly bear off of Perkins, which was the first action made that lead to survival of Wes. That act was accompanied by many others that have allowed Perkins to carry on with life. Read the rest of this man loses face survives bear attack story here.
Warning...
There is one TRULY horrific image if you click on the link.
That was brutal.
And right at this moment there is a bear in Alaska talking about the one that got away.
That’s nothing to be embarrassed about.
Oh.
Lost his face. Gotcha. Ouch.
But but but bears are cute, fluffy and friendly! </Disney>
That is one gruesome picture at the article, but give his surgeons tremendous credit for giving him at least a presentable face again!
Holy crap.
There is an original photo at the article.
That photo shown, is after MONTHS of recovery.
The photo at the article, is absolutely brutal. It is amazing the guy survived.
Astounding.
Oh man, that was worse than I could have possibly imagined.
I thought about reposting that image but once I saw it I thought not.
Just ... wow! Virtually unrecognizable as a human face.
An incredible story ...
“luckiest man to walk the earth”. Wasn’t he really unlucky on balance?
There’s no shame in being attacked by a bear, it could happen to anyone he should...... oh you mean he lost HIS face......never mind.
It’s a miracle he survived and the surgeons were able to do so well.
That image is certainly not for the squeamish.
Reminder: Continue to not add bear hunting to my bucket list.
Exactly! How do you fix that? Where do you begin? How do you STOMACH fixing that? Thank God there are those who can. Modern medicine is incredible. And is he actually standing on his own two feet in that gruesome pic? Far beyond the worst mauling image I’ve ever seen. Stunned and amazed.
Losing face in Asia is considered very bad.
Wow. Just wow.
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Dear God.
I had seen another story similar to this one about a Russian who had his face bitten off by a bear in Siberia.
They had to give him a fake face that attaches to his head with metal buttons so he could walk around town without being gawked at.
Apparently when bears attack they go directly for the face, because that is how they fight and play with other bears.
Why do we look when we’ve been warned???? Next time I’ll listen!!!
Words cannot begin to describe this man’s face, or what is left of it.
If you have a weak stomach, don’t look at it. You will HURL!
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