Posted on 12/25/2023 3:34:53 AM PST by marktwain
At Dawson Creek, British Columbia, on October 3, 2022, a group of four were hiking on a ski trail at Bear Mountain Ski Club. Their intent was to obtain pictures of the fall colors. The group consisted of three women: Analyn Bartolome, friends Leosette Canoy and Wennali Canoy, and Analyn’s teenage son, Kelly. It was getting late when the group started heading back. The sun was close to the horizon, and the shadows were long when the bear attack started.
From various accounts, including a GoFundMe, Kelly heard footsteps behind them. He turned to look but saw nothing. He dropped back a little as they continued back toward the trailhead. He heard more footsteps, turned and saw a black bear. He alerted the group and turned back to see the bear charging at them. As the bear approached, he punched it. It knocked him aside, bruising his ribs. The bear was focused on his mother, Analyn, who was attempting to get away. As the bear attacked Analyn, her friend Leosette intervened. The bear attacked Leosette. While the bear was attacking Leosette, Kelly hit the bear with a large stick, momentarily stunning it. The bear continued to attack Leosette.
Bear attack scene from Facebook, Conservation Officer Service, Dawson Creek
Cell phone coverage was poor to non-existent where the attack occurred. Kelly and Wennali decided to run for help. They arrived at the cabin by the trailhead and called for help. The RCMP received a report of the attack at about 6:50 p.m. When the RCMP arrived, it was very dark. They started to search for the victims, using ATVs to search Wolverine Trail. Staff Sergeant Damon Werrell was one of the responding officers. On the trail, officers found a large pool of blood.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
We have been feed a bill of goods by the liberals’ and anti’s.
Being armed to protect oneself, one’s friends and family is one of the better decisions you can make.
It’s Canada, eh? “Arms” are only for those Neanderthal gun-nut Americans....
Bump on Canadian bear attack story.
That ski club calls itself BEAR Mountain for good reasons. The group should have been armed and prepares in some manner.
Better still, if you are “hiking to see natures colors”, atvleast go in the bright, sunny part of the day.
The teenage boy was a brave young man, and did the best he could do, sans weapons.
From the article:
There has been some past research indicating that black bears can rather quickly recover from being sprayed.
“I don’t know why,” Stephen Herrero, the dean of bear research said Thursday evening, “but it showed up in the data.”
Are these supposed research people that stupid? Black bears in particular will tear bee hives apart to get at the honey. They get stun hundreds of times and just shrug it off. Pepper spray is a minor irritant compared to getting stung hundreds of times.
IDIOTS.
Now a 9mm with tac rounds or a higher caliber is more than a bee sting. Or preferably a 12 gauge with a slug or 00 buck shot.
I used to camp and dive. No more. Too many dang jellyfish for diving (last dive stumbled into a swarm of jellyfish -- got stung over 1,000 times -- probably should have killed me) and last time camping some idiot from another campsite managed to light it on fire. That was fun. /sarc My idea of adventure now is a prime cabin on a nice cruise ship (avoiding bad weather times) or a nice hotel in Vegas.
Per the article the two women survived. However sounds like the injuries were horrific. Going to be a long road for them.
Ammoland had few good bear attack percentages using bear spray and a firearm. The firearm worked 92% of the time where bear spray worked about 20%.
Both is a good option but a firearm is a must.
Do people have normal names anymore?
Kelly was the only one I could pronounce.
Politicians don’t care if you can protect yourself or not as long as you can’t protect yourself from them and their roque, corrupt government.
Humans have natural defenses, but in the form if weapons we carry. Without them, we have no defenses at all.
I would never go into bear country without some kind of firearm.
Likewise!
Firearm + Karelian Bear Dog
Pretty certain those articles were written by Freeper MarkTwain.
“We have been feed a bill of goods by the liberals’ and anti’s.
Being armed to protect oneself, one’s friends and family is one of the better decisions you can make.”
Agreed. A society that lets someone tell them they cannot arm themselves against two or four-legged predators either one, will eventually fail due to stupidity.
What about a cattle prod?
Why is this guy obsessed with bear attacks?
Imagine having a bear sitting on you leisurely eating your ass. That must have stung. I bet that the sheltered women involved were progressive, pagan, nature lovers. Canada’s left wing culture fed them to the bear.
The pepper spray is to disable one or more of your fellow hikers, spicing them up to be a meal for the bear, while you get away.
“What about a cattle prod?”
I think that might just make him mad.
Doing a bit of research, it looks like they may be Asians.
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