Posted on 02/12/2018 11:16:03 AM PST by w1n1
A Florida man Andy Meunier was taking his dog out for a walk when a bear attacked him. It was a short while after leaving his Naples home when he turned to see a black bear staring at him. Without warning, the bear attacked.
Neunier recalls, Everything went in slow motion, Everything went in slow motion. It was just as scary as you can imagine, Meunier told ABC affiliate WZVN. It was standing in front of me and I tried to turn left real quick and get back in the house, and caught an uppercut from a brown, or a black, bear.
Though the bear knocked him down, he managed to get out of there safely but with a gashed across his head that required 41 stitches.
Meunier stated he is no stranger to bears as he had seen them in his neighborhood before.
Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission stated this is the first recorded instance of a bear attacking a person in South Florida. All 15 other recorded instances occurred in the panhandle or in central Florida.
At this point Florida residents do not need to carry bear-defense guns but here are some pointers that residents can follow in case of an encounter:
Remain standing upright
-Speak to the bear in a calm, assertive voice
-Back up slowly toward a secure area, be sure you are leaving the bear a clear escape route
-Avoid direct eye contactbears and other animals may view this as aggressive behavior. Read and see the rest of the video footage of bear attacks Florida man here.
Up n` here in the mountains, us`n`s don need no gun when we us berrying pickin` in them blueberry patches - We just bring them thar pots and pans and we bang away- Them bears `ll never bother you. We been doin` pots n pan bangin` for over 100 yares here,- even the kids go out where the bears are eatin in the patch, then bangin on the pots and pans makes a racket and them bears- well they just run away! We never ain`t had even so much as a 6 yaers old kid get attacked by a bear when they is blueberryin- My Mother done went blueberryin` with her sisters in 1927 when she was 10 yaers old- that bear done come along and bang bang bang on them pots and pans and that bear just run off. HA It is a true story. The bears come here around the house here looking for them berries in the patch but instead of a gun I just grab my big copper skillet, run out and bang away! HHHaaa!
Within 30-miles of the Everglades, the real issue isn’t bears or gators. There are probably more 10-to-20 foot pythons than the total number of bears and gators...
Damn bear didn't even have the common courtesy to warn the poor guy?
That's just cold...
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