Posted on 08/09/2019 6:46:58 AM PDT by george76
Just one day before he turned 45, Colin Dowler didn't think he'd live to celebrate it...
the avid outdoorsman was scouting backcountry trails outside of Powell River, B.C., on his mountain bike, about seven kilometres away from a nearby logging camp.
After making his way down one of the hills onto the logging road, he caught sight of a large male grizzly bear, walking in his direction.
"I wasn't really sure what to do about the situation," Dowler said from his Vancouver hospital bed. "I largely stood there, and let the grizzly keep walking up towards me."
Concerned of making any sudden movements, Dowler nervously watched as the bear inched closer. He had a hiking pole in one hand and tried to nudge it away.
But the bear kept advancing and swiped at Dowler's mountain bike.
It grabbed me by the stomach and kind of pushed me down and dragged me toward the ditch maybe 50 feet," he said. "I tried eye gouging it away and it didn't really work."
Dowler, a husband and father of two daughters, says the event seemed to unfold in slow motion. He considered playing dead as the bear bit through his arm, foot and thigh.
"It sounded like it was grating my bones up," said Dowler. Knowing that the bear wouldn't stop the onslaught, he remembered he had a small buck knife in his pocket
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I grabbed the knife out and opened it and put it in [my] hand and stabbed the bear in his neck.
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four officers went into the area following the attack. Insp. Murray Smith said the bear was put down after it snuck behind one of the officers.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
They can also easily catch a running man. Still, better than standing there.
Okay...run from a black bear, go fetal and play dead for a grizzly. Am I right?
So what was this guy doing poking it with his walking stick?
How far off was the bear when he noticed it?
Far enough to back away and stay out of range until the bear lost interest?
So close there were no options?
Rule #1: DON’T POKE A 900 POUND CARNIVORE WITH A STICK.
See post #38.
Crusher’s Cousin?
After bear encounter, bear will have 44 magnum strapped to ITs chest. :)
Now I’m getting a 401, access not authorized, on that photo. You may need an alternate image host to Verizon.
Thanks.
LOL. You put that so well...
I surrender!
LENGTH WEIGHT TOP SPEED (RUNNING) FEELS LIKE 8'2" 551.2lb 34.8mph 25.1mph
Yes, Cousin Grater, twin brother of Grinder.
How unbearable, so Daddy is Home and Seven is Happy Dog again- sort of. Probably because the bedtime snacky is a bit off abbynormal. So You’re burned out being Head Nurse and fixing everything. The guy coulda used Yer Boa for Tactical and Tourniquite on the leg. You know it’s OK to take a break from being a Caregiver. I’ve overworked Myself and several times and it has to be pointed out because the Caregiver goes on Autopilot and Adrenaline/Caffiene.
Take Care !
Mountain bike trails are generally ideal ambush points for a bear or cougar to take down a biker.
Pre-meditated? On whose part? I doubt that the dude wanted to meet a bear. The bear...who knows? But many mountain bike trails are as predictable as railroad tracks, and about as easy to turn around on.
“I surrender!”
You may retire with Full Military Honours.
I use Firefox ESR, which you can use the legacy extensions with, such as BBcodeXtra, which enables you to create your own scripts. So that by selecting text or image, or pasting from the clipboard, it will be placed btwn the proper codes. Thank God for such helps (and those code them), esp for my arthritic fingers.
Another option, at least in Firefox, is to select text and right click and choose View selection source, and copy and paste that.
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