It could have been this guy:
It sure as hell wasn't THIS guy (Warning: Graphic Photo!)
(P.S. This is the guy who was eaten by the 1000 lb. bear pictured above)
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.
What a nincompoop this broad is.
Ryan was only following HIS natural instincts...it's called fight or flight response. He already stated he was trapped from gaining egress from the room...so he was forced to fight. Survival of the fittest. Man's brain size is what has allowed him to become the dominant species.
And how does Miss Nincompoop know this Kodiak has never tasted human blood before? If Ryan had left it alone, he may have been the entreé after the salmon bisqué. One salmon hardly whets the appetite of an 800 lb. bear. This woman needs a dope slap.
Besides, it gives me a great chance to say I got my brown bear rug back from the taxidermist yesterday. He's just a little guy, but he's all mine. Got him right over the top of the right eyeball with a .338 at about 15 yards and closing. Dropped like a boulder. Best shot of my life and right when it counted. Damn glad I didn't have a frying pan to confuse the weapon of choice :-)
Didn't he say his exit was blocked though?
Is that the one that got eaten?
This has got to be from the Onion. Right?
That's odd. That usually works.
It would be fearsome. The head of the griz is about the size of the grill on your Ford F-250. Try the frying pan on the truck first to see if it has the right heft and balance. If it works on the truck, it ought to work on the bear.
It could have been this guy:
It sure as hell wasn't THIS guy (Warning: Graphic Photo!)
(P.S. This is the guy who was eaten by the 1000 lb. bear pictured above)
Hey Bobby!! How are you keeping? I cannot believe these idiot animal groups. I was President of our local SPCA here in Kelowna, B.C. but I think we were normal. I too would have killed the bear with anything at hand. If you cannot get to your gun, what is wrong with a cast iron frying pan. The bear would have killed the young man, that's for sure!!
Nah...can't find the editorial online...the author had a bear come up to the house and couldn't frighten it off, not even by firing pistol rounds into the dirt around it...so he pulled out his bear rifle and killed it.
His logic was that he and his wife routinely hiked the wilderness around their cabin and they couldn't (wouldn't)take the chance on meeting that particular bear out in the woods.
LOL - Good for Ryan. I suppose if you can't get to your gun your supposed to let the bear make dinner out of you? Some of these wingnut groups are too much. Good luck in Court whoever you are. This is WHY Canadians, we MUST get rid of the Federal Liberals. Stephen Harper is only 4 points behind Martin. If the Conservatives win, the first thing he's going to do is get rid of this rediculous GUN REGISTRY!! Never mind the frying pan, fly swatter registry!
Although I think this is taking things a little to far!
WoW! thanks for the ping..
I know, you have these groups too don't ya???? The ones waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy out there??? FOFL!! We are close to getting rid of the Federal Liberals Swerv and IF we do, Stephen Harper is getting RID of the gun registry!! There COULD WELL be a sea change up north here.
I live in Victoria, and this story is patently false.
#1 The only type of bears on Vancouver Island are small black bears.
#2 Unless you are incredibly strong, all you'll do to a bear when you smack it with a cast iron frypan is annoy the bear.
#3 A COLLEGE STUDENT with a FIREARM in his bedroom? Looks like the RCMP are going to be visiting him soon and confiscating some property, and he'sll be getting some time in the slammer.
#4 Victoria police don't have a section called "Victoria crime scene investigation unit".
#5 I've sneezed and caused more than $400 damage. A bear in the house would be FAR less mindful of damage cost.
#6 No such thing as Animal Rights Abuse Watch in ANY local 'phone book.
#7 there are only 10 "D Morris' " listed in the book, and most of them aren't in Victoria proper.
In other words, it's a good story, but it's total fiction.
agreed ... when one is in a self-defense situation, I vote for the human over the animal always ...
not to mention, a bear wielding a frying pan is very menacing! ...
8)
Why didn't you just tell Mike Tyson to go away?
Hey, don't confuse me with facts. :'). I like the idea that a human could take out a beast with a wooden spoon and a frying pan.
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