Posted on 06/25/2008 10:47:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
As Tim Egan flew down Old Stage Road in Boulder County on Tuesday afternoon on his bike, he saw a large, unusual obstacle in the way.
Before he could squeeze the brakes, the 53-year-old former Colorado College hockey player was in the midst of a bike-vs.-bear accident.
A black bear crossing the road from west to east collided with Egan, who estimated he was going 45 mph. Egan, of Boulder, was tossed into the air and skidded across the asphalt, suffering a nasty case of road rash, cracked ribs and lacerations to his head, he said.
“If it wasn’t me that was there, I wouldn’t believe it,” he said. “But I wanted people to know to watch out for bears, too, not just cars.”
Tim Egan’s nephew, also named Tim Egan, 21, was cycling with his uncle and said the animal looked like a “big black dog” as they approached from a distance. He said he was shocked to find out it was a bear.
As Egan tried to recover in the middle of the street with help from his nephew, the bear stood on its hind legs at the edge of the roadway. The 6-foot-2 Egan said the bear looked taller than he is.
“As I was there on the road and saw it look at me, I thought, ‘Aw, man. It’s going to come over here again,¤” Egan said Tuesday night after returning from Boulder Community Hospital. “But luckily it had other fish to fry.”
It was other deer, actually. While the man and bear collided, a buck wandered into the scene playing out on the road. The bear turned its attention to the animal and roared, scaring the deer off before running off itself.
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Like John F***ing Kerry?
Roads have curves and some of them are blind. You’re not responsible if some dumb@ss or some animal steps right in front of you at the last minute. Like the deer that jumped up from the ditch and wrecked a car of mine.
You seem to be obsessed with “flowing hair and stretch tight fancy pants”. You might want to get that looked at.
I’m not a “hayseed” although I have no problem, as you obviously do, with rural people.
I’m not an elitist tree hugging natural food fanatic.
“You seem to be obsessed with “flowing hair and stretch tight fancy pants”.
I think its more of an obsession with bicyclists.
Real men ride motorcyles, pick-ups and horses.
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