“Tragically, he was the only Conservative business owner on the Commission, and he started marching to the Left almost instantly after the attack.”
Seriously, why would being attacked by a bear change your politics in that direction? I would think that it would be just the opposite - for example, if you didn’t have a gun because of one or several laws/regulations and got mauled, then you might become pro-gun. But the other way? Doesn’t make any sense.
Jack O’Conner had a favorite Indian guide when he hunted Alaska. His name was Field Johnson. He was brutally mauled by a Grizzly. He rode it out, played dead, until he thought it had gone away. He started moving and was mauled again. He lived, but went insane.