His friend’s name was Dick Cheney.
Of course the bear was responsible for the death. Had it not attacked this person his friend wouldn’t have been shooting at it trying to save him.
Actual 911 call:
Caller: “My friend just got mauled by a bear!”
911: “Is he breathing?”
Caller: “No, I don’t think so - I think he’s dead!”
911: “Okay. Calm down. First make sure that he’s dead or not.”
Caller: “Okay - just a minute.” (Shot heard in background). “Okay, yes he’s dead. Now what?”
This happened in my neck of the woods. The hunters were from Nevada up here hunting. They had an out of state license to shoot BLACK BEAR. The 22 year old saw what he thought was a black bear (don’t shot if you don’t know what you are shooting) and shot a small grizzly, wounding it. The followed what they thought was a black bear into thick cover, the angry grizzly attacked.
Lousy situation for all involved.
These threads usually bring big discussions/arguments over which BFG to blow that bear away. Then you read the stories of real bear attacks and see that things happen too quickly for people to do what they say they would do.
His friends might have done him a favor. If I saw a bear ripping my friend apart...And as awful as it sounds, I might shoot my friend, too.
The bear and the friend were working together.
Oh, Sh*t, Oh Dear!
Having read stories of Grizzly attacks, where they feed on people while they are still alive for a half hour or more... the guy’s friend may have been lucky if he died quickly from the gunshot.