Lorna Weafer, bear attack victim, aspired to be a psychologist ( Canada )

CBC News ^ | May 09, 2014

[george76]

Lorna Weafer, the 36-year-old Suncor instrument technician who was mauled and killed by a black bear ... Weafer was on her way back to work from a washroom when she was attacked by a large, male black bear while working at a Suncor oilsands site north of Fort McMurray, Alta., around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. She was declared dead on the scene.

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Mike Ewald, an investigator with Alberta Fish and Wildlife, said Weafer’s co-workers tried to scare the bear off using fire extinguishers, a water cannon and air horn — “all general things that should scare it off,” Ewald noted.

Employees told him the bear would shy off for a bit, but kept coming back, eventually killing the woman.

“This bear was very determined,” Ewald said, adding that the attack lasted about an hour.

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The last fatal black bear mauling in Alberta was somewhere around 1991 in Slave Lake.”

In that incident, as 12-year-old boy was killed at a campground. Prior to that, in 1980, two oil rig workers were killed by a black bear near Zama Lake, Alta.

Attacks by grizzly bears are more common,

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for the ping!

[TEXOKIE]

G.U.N. LOL!

[Married with Children]

Not Guilty: She’s brown...I’m down.

[Vendome]

LOL

Are you still shooting wildlife pics?

Haven’t seen your pings lately.

[Vendome]

LOL LOL LOL!!!

[jmacusa]

Poor woman. Was she menstruating at the time? I understand a bears keen sense of smell can detect this.

[jmacusa]

Well it said she was working at an some kind of oil producing facility. Maybe they meant ''old factory''. :-)

[jmacusa]

Jump in your pick up truck and run the damned thing over.

[rickomatic]

This is why should never trust auto correct. LOL. Olfactory.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. RIP.

[from occupied ga]

Restrictions on handguns are fairly severe

Well obviously no one in this incident had a firearm of any sort.

[from occupied ga]

the problem is these companies won’t let us bring them to work.

A lot of that here too, but with small handguns in your vehicle, who's to know?

[from occupied ga]

I hope the company has their a** sued off. It’s bear country for God’s sake!

Even the anti-gun company that I work for allows firearms on the job in Alaska because of the wildlife. I think they probably should allow them on the job in FL too, but I guess alligators and pythons don't eat as many people as bears.

[Bulwyf]

Until you use it. Then the police and everyone else will charge you for using a restricted firearm. It’s beyond retarded up here.

[from occupied ga]

Then the police and everyone else will charge you for using a restricted firearm.

I was thinking of what goes on here. I guess you are completely screwed in Canada. ALTHOUGH if given the choice I would rather be charged by the police than eaten by a bear.

[Bulwyf]

My preference too, I will take life over being a meal. That also goes for those around me. I will do what is right and deal with the consequences after.

[from occupied ga]

Apparently being eaten by bears is not as rare as the anti-gunners would have you think. Read this