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Canadian woman, 44, is mauled to death by a black bear while on phone to her father outside family cabin while her nine-year-old son watched from inside
Dailymail ^ | 25 August 2020 | Matthew Wright

Posted on 08/25/2020 7:28:02 PM PDT by george76

Stephanie Blais, 44, was killed on Thursday after she was attacked by the black bear outside the cabin at McKie Lake, near Buffalo Narrows .

Blais had been on the phone with her father, Hubert Esquirol, at the time of the attack.

Her nine-year-old son watched horrifically from inside the cabin .

A conservation officer said that the bear attack was unprovoked.

They also said the bear was not hungry and had a stomach full of berries.

A Canadian woman was fatally mauled by a bear while outside her family's cabin while on the phone with her father, and to the horror of her young son who was just inside when the attack occurred.

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Blais' husband, Curtis, called the worried father...

He called me and told me that Stephanie had been attacked by a bear. The bear wouldn't let go so he shot the bear ...

'He then proceeded to give her CPR but she had no pulse.'

Eli, Blais' nine-year-old son, saw the horrific scene from inside the cabin.

The woman's father was surprised by the attack as bears have always been around the property but have never presented a problem before.

'We never leave any food around, we have never given them a reason to stay. There has never been any provoked bears or any that seemed angry. They would always run off,' he said.

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A conservation officer told the father that the bear was unprovoked in its attack.

'Stephanie would have been in the bears' sight. She had her back turned. She didn't see it,' Esquirol said.

The bear's stomach was found full of berries leading the officer to believe that the bear was not hungry.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; bear; bearattack; bearattacks; blackbear; canada; malebear; maleblackbear; maleblackbears
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To: george76
Her nine-year-old son watched horrifically from inside the cabin .

Would it have helped if he had watched with more skill?

21 posted on 08/25/2020 7:59:41 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: baclava

My 76 year old wife shooed a black bear off our deck this afternoon with a soup ladle and pot lid.

The bear fled at the noise.

The bugger had stripped a cherry tree in our yard yesterday and broke a few branches in the process.

If he keeps this up, we’ll deal with him. I’ve only had to do that once in the last 18 years. We live next to actual wilderness and bears are mostly easy to run off.

I hope this one is like the rest; I hate dead bears.


22 posted on 08/25/2020 8:01:01 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: baclava

My 76 year old wife shooed a black bear off our deck this afternoon with a soup ladle and pot lid.

The bear fled at the noise.

The bugger had stripped a cherry tree in our yard yesterday and broke a few branches in the process.

If he keeps this up, we’ll deal with him. I’ve only had to do that once in the last 18 years. We live next to actual wilderness and bears are mostly easy to run off.

I hope this one is like the rest; I hate dead bears.


23 posted on 08/25/2020 8:01:01 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: george76

“Her nine-year-old son watched horrifically”...good old Daily Mail...always the worst writing. I suspect he was actually horrified.


24 posted on 08/25/2020 8:02:35 PM PDT by LizzieD
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To: george76

If bears could talk, they might say, “Y’all been shooting and killing us for 200 years, then ya turn us into rugs and decorations. Leave us alone”.


25 posted on 08/25/2020 8:04:29 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: george76

“Canadian woman, 44, is mauled to death by a black bear while on phone to her father outside family cabin while her nine-year-old son watched from inside...”

Well if the bear doesn’t kill you at least the hyperbole will.


26 posted on 08/25/2020 8:04:49 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: george76

You people are friggin sick.


27 posted on 08/25/2020 8:14:35 PM PDT by Pollard (whatever)
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To: Pollard

thank you for your home page :)


28 posted on 08/25/2020 8:20:45 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Some languages just don’t translate well into American...


29 posted on 08/25/2020 8:30:06 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Knock out game? Attempt at polar bear hunting?


30 posted on 08/25/2020 8:31:33 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Black bears are like polar bears, they hunt their prey.


31 posted on 08/25/2020 8:40:29 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: george76

Do we need to look, or can we guess?


32 posted on 08/25/2020 8:47:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: george76

A woman’s life is lost, and her little boy will always remember what he saw. A tragedy all around. Another reminder that black bears do sometimes kill people.


33 posted on 08/25/2020 9:18:21 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Secret Agent Man

“A black bear spokesbear later came on tv and proceeded to blame white people in canada as the real problem...”

or

A black bear spokesbear later came on tv and proceeded to blame white polar bears in canada as the real problem...


34 posted on 08/25/2020 9:20:32 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: george76

Sad. But complacency may have been contibuting factor. Bears were known to frequent the site.....cellphone distraction may have been involved in this tragedy also. Another life sorrowfully lost.


35 posted on 08/25/2020 9:25:14 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: george76

Black Bears Matter!


36 posted on 08/25/2020 9:27:45 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Rueful +1


37 posted on 08/25/2020 9:28:33 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: george76

Another example of a point too often ignored: nature wants to hurt and kill you.


38 posted on 08/25/2020 9:30:44 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: george76

Omg, that poor little boy witnessing his mother’s death. :(


39 posted on 08/25/2020 9:35:25 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: george76

Should of learn to shoot like Bella Twin who killed a grizzly with a 22.


40 posted on 08/25/2020 10:31:27 PM PDT by the_daug
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