Midlothian woman survives bear attack at Douthat State Park

Roanoke.com ^ | August 10, 2015 | Laura Kebede

[Perseverando]

“Get big! Get loud!” or get faster than the other guy, or get "et."

"Et" would translate "ate" for city folk. LOL

[Vendome]

Who did she outrun?

[silverleaf]

How to survive a bear attack:

Trip your buddy

[Perseverando]

Who did she outrun?

Apparently no one.

[Gamecock]

**A Midlothian woman**

Does Midlothian predate Neanderthals?

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

It’s a region of Britain, and also a suburb of Richmond, VA.

[driftless2]

"Et" would translate "ate" for city folk"

My wife grew up in England. She says "et" for "ate" quite a bit. It's not just a rural American thing. Or did you grow up in England too?

[Perseverando]

"...tracked the bear to a location near the site of the incident and humanely killed the bear around 4 a.m. Sunday."

Here a photo of the bear just before it was shot. It was night so they used a flash. Note the "deer in the headlights" appearance:

Smile. Now wait for the flash.

[SuzyQue]

And, a city close to Dallas/Fort Worth.

[themidnightskulker]

no bells pr pepper spray?

(refering to the old joke: for those readers with no sense of humor) :)

[Tax-chick]

Huh, I didn’t know that.

[Perseverando]

My wife grew up in England. She says "et" for "ate" quite a bit. It's not just a rural American thing. Or did you grow up in England too?

Cheerio, mate! But acutally, no. I think it's some sore of colloquialism carried over from years ago. I've heard some old time geezers refer to the county sheriff as the "high sheriff" which I think is a Brit thing also.

[Perseverando]

Does Midlothian predate Neanderthals?

Is that similar to Midlothians speed-dating Neanderthals?

[hecticskeptic]

I had an experience just this past week involving a bear that I don’t want to repeat. I was on my bicycle on an old logging trail going through a wooded area when I came across a bit of thinned out area where the vegetation was quite high (mostly grass and some brush that was say 2 to 3 feet high. All of a sudden about 40 feet in front of me, a small black animal popped out of the grass and on to the trail and he turned in the same direction I was going. For a millisecond, I thought it might be a black cat…. common sense quickly told me there were no cats for a gazillion miles around and that it obviously was a baby bear. So, I made the snap decision to just hit the pedals as hard as I could and get past him and hope his mother was following and thus behind him. In a couple seconds, I was right beside him as he loped along in the adjacent track and when he looked up me and saw me as I got level to him, he peeled off into the grass like he had just received the biggest fright of his life. I never did see the mother and am glad that I didn’t have to second guess the decision to speed up instead of stop when I saw the baby.

[silverleaf]

Oh No Ranger Bob! I was just returning the pic-a-nic basket!

[GreenHornet]

An adult female black bear believed to be the attacker was tracked and killed early Sunday

Black bear lives matter!

[BwanaNdege]

My wife grew up in England. She says "et" for "ate" quite a bit.

David Suchet ("Hercule Poirot") has an excellent audio version of the NIV Bible. In it he, too, pronounces "ate" as "et". IIRC, he is also a stage Shakespearean actor, so he probably knows "the Queen's English".

[Perseverando]

Black bear lives matter!

ROFLMAO!!

[Perseverando]

I had an experience just this past week involving a bear that I don’t want to repeat. I was on my bicycle on an old logging trail going through a wooded area

Bears call mountain bikers Meals on Wheels.

[DJ Taylor]

IMHO, there’s now an orphaned bear cub somewhere on that mountain searching in vain for its mother.