Posted on 11/21/2025 9:35:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A grizzly bear is on the loose after attacking a school group in Canada, leaving 11 people injured, two critically.
The incident happened on Thursday afternoon on a walking trail in the town of Bella Coola, in the province of British Columbia.
Residents have been warned to remain indoors while armed officers try to track down the animal.
A male teacher "got the whole brunt of it" and some children were hit with bear spray as the adults tried to fend off the animal, Veronica Schooner, a parent, told the Canadian Press.
Ms Schooner said her 10-year-old son was part of the school group, though he was not attacked.
"He said that bear ran so close to him, but it was going after somebody else," she said, adding that "he even felt its fur".
British Columbia Emergency Health Services said two people were critically injured, two more were seriously hurt, and seven others were treated at the scene, reports the Canadian Press.
The group were from Acwsalcta School, which is run by the indigenous Nuxalk Nation, in the town located 700km (435 miles) north-west of Vancouver.
"Officers are armed" the Nation wrote on Facebook. "Remain indoors and off the highway."
"It's hard to know what to say during this very difficult time. We are so grateful for our team and our students."
The Nation's officials have temporarily shut the school, offering counselling services.
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When will they finally come to their senses and enact bear control?
Common sense bear control.
If grizzly bears were made as common as bigfoot this wouldn’t be a problem.
That none of them were killed outright is astonishing.
If not for gun control in Canada, this could have ended tragically for the bear.
When you're in a group like this... Running faster than the bear isn't necessary.... Running faster than everybody else in the group is.
Canada. No one has a 454 Casul.
Unfortunately a bear is likely to chase the person who is still running.
The interwebs says Bella Coola has a human population of 2,100
There are probably more bears living there than humans.
The kids group was Chinese and it’s been over an hour.
Well this is pretty terrible.
I’m figuring the “male teacher ‘got the whole brunt of it’” because he stepped up, put himself in the gap to protect the women and children even if only by sacrificing himself to distract and allow the others to get away.
My respect to that man.
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I’m so tired of always hearing the word “toxic” whenever people talk about masculinity.
One teacher with 454 Casul and this was a happy ending.
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