Posted on 06/04/2004 1:30:07 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Bear breaks into house, attacks, but resident attacks back. Local animal rights groups outraged.
VICTORIA, BC (PRWEB) May 26, 2004 -- In an attempt to get a free meal, what was described as a "very large" bear broke into the rural homestead of a BC college student, who was home on vacation at the time. The student, who would only give his name as Ryan, says, "I had just grilled out some salmon and walked back into the dining room to eat. Just as I had just sat down, it sounded at though someone was trying to break down my door." As Ryan went to investigate, the door burst open and the gaping maw of a northern Kodiak bear appeared inside his living room. Ryan recalls, "It was the scariest moment of my life, right up there with the fishing accident in Sasketoon when I was twelve."
As the bear forced it's way into the dining room area, the beast found the grilled salmon it had smelled from what authorities estimated was over a mile away, where they found the bear's tracks around a small cave. Ryan tried shouting at the bear to get it to leave, but the bear seemed to be intent on the salmon it was feasting on.
Ryan then proceeded to throw various kitchen utensials at the bear to get it's attention. "I wasn't sure what I was going to do," he said. "After I hit the bear in the head with a wooden spoon, the bear started coming after me!" The would-be bear snack ran to the other side of the kitchen counter as the bear raised up on it's hind legs and tried swatting at him. "The bear was blocking my way to my room where I actually have a gun, so I found the only thing I had that I did not throw at him, my frying pan." he relates. "I picked up the frying pan and shouted, bring it on, bring it on!" Ryan jumped over the counter and started swinging the frying pan. The animal, estimated at six feet tall on all fours and over eight hundred pounds, got back on all fours and started to charge the young man. When the bear was about 1 foot away from him, Ryan swung the cast iron frying pan and hit the bear on the right side of its head. "The bear appeared to be dazed, so I just kept pounding him with the frying pan."
"After I hit the bear about fifteen times, the bear fell to the floor, but I dared not let up. I hit him for about another five minutes until he was not moving at all," Ryan says. Only then did he take the time to call for local law enforcement. "When the police showed up, they could not believed what they saw."
"It was the craziest thing I've ever seen," said Officer F. Barnes, of the Victoria crime scene investigation unit. "He actually killed a bear with a frying pan." The local wildlife officer showed up and took measurements of the bear, one of the largest involved in a home invasion incident in recent memory.
The bear caused about $400 dollars in damage to the house. There is no word on what became of the animal's body, but local animal rights activists are filing to take posession of the bear's remains, claiming it was an immoral act of killing, and Ryan should not be allowed to make a bearskin rug out of it. Darcy Morris, president of the local chapter of Animal Rights Abuse Watch (ARAW), says, "This young man should be prosecuted, not praised. The bear was simply following his natural instincts, and had this Ryan criminal left it alone, no harm would have been done. It's disgusting, and he can expect to hear from our lawyers." Ryan's attorney could not be reached for comment.
This sounds like a hate crime to me.
You are absolutely correct my FRiend.
The Godless have no moral compass so they follow the convictions of their emotions.
I agree. He needs to get in touch with his inner female. Or some such crap.
I have serious trouble believing this story.
If true, well, I have mixed feelings about it.
I totally agree that, when attacked by a Bear, you should obviously be able to defend yourself, but, on the other hand,
If this guy is SO STUPID, that he is going to start THOWING BLUNT OBJECTS AT A BEAR, JUST FOR EATHING HIS FOOD, I think it might have been helpful to us all for him to be taken out of the gene pool.
Just for all you folks that never leave the city: If a Bear wants your food, LET HIM HAVE IT. Leave. QUICKLY. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. JUST GET OUT.
Hey, at least he didn’t try to put panties on the bears’ head.
"The would-be bear snack ran to the other side of the kitchen counter "--That's funny.
Reminds me of a time a neighbor's full grown boxer was raiding my trash can. One day I heard him outside my door so I threw it open and yelled. He startled and took off running while keeping his eyes on me and ran headlong into a cement mixer. He got it together long enough to back away then heard me laughing and bolted right back into the mixer. He finally manged to leave the yard and I was rolling on the floor.
Ok, given that the story is just that - a story - you're making an important and possible fatal error.
In this situation, where you and the bear live in the same neighborhood, you've got to let the bear know who's the boss. Otherwise, he'll be wanting more food from you later on. And you'll never be safe outside your house, and possibly not even inside your house.
That's the take from a local editorialist who lived in the wilds of Alaska for 16 years. I'll see if I can find that editorial...just a minute...
This sounds like BS - even if it was a black bear, let alone a Kodiak.
Bet it was a 450mm pan. Too heavy for carry.
Wearever is bringing out an alloy pan with polymer handle in 9".
Much lighter, easier to carry and doublewhack.
Maybe we should make a rug out of Ms. Darcy - she would serve a more useful purpose that way than with what she's doing now. Plus, isn't it a "natural instinct" for a human to protect himself when cornered by an 800 lb. Kodiak bear?
I say send them to the young man's cabin - and make sure he is ready with the skillet.
Sadly, it's very telling when the only believable part of the story is that of the animal-rights group's reaction.
Well, if there wasn't a back door, or if his route to it was blocked by the bear, he would have had no other choice. And, I'm sure that when you're cornered by an 800 lb. Kodiak, you don't take the time to analyze what is around you, but rather just start throwing stuff.
And then, if a bear's skull is like our's, there are thinner areas at certain spots, so this guy could have gotten lucky and hit the bear in just the right spot, enough to stun it for a second so he could get a second and third whack. You know, kind of like if you woke up at 2 a.m. and Hillary a.k.a. The Beast was in your bedroom, looking to steal your soul and take you to the Underworld, you'd start hitting her with anything at hand, and hopefully you'd just happen to have a wooden stake handy and it just might hit the "heart" and stop her.
"Your search - "Animal Rights Abuse Watch " - did not match any documents."
This has got to be a put on. Several dead giveaways. I'll leave it to the reader to spot 'em. :)
Oh geez... if it's not the Greenies and their swastikas, it's the bears.
I worry about you!
A lot of folks on this thread are dubious about this story.
You think it's for real? I can picture the power of that pan. Especially cast iron. They say young men can be the most dangerous beasts on the planet!
I just checked with my state legislator and I am too late to get it on the ballot for a "Frying Pan Conceal-and-Carry"
amendment for my state.
Hey, maybe we should all mail this ARAW imbecile a frying pan or two!
Then what the hey is Ryan doing in Canada? He definitely doesn't fit in, especially in BC!
Oop, I hear my phone ringing....
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