From: Johnlebl@aol.com
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 20:26:19 CDT
A friend that I canoe with sent me this news article about a bear attack. I
thought it interesting in that just one ounce of PhilPolicy prevention would
have saved the victime a lot of trouble.....and the life of the bear too.
Just for the record, I don't advocate arming one's self with a handgun as
"bear protection". I post this for your reading pleasure and knowledge.
Bottom line, get sloppy with food and bears are going to take advantage of
the situation.
John LeBlanc
Eagle Class of 1959
Phirst Phil Ptrek 1959
PhilTrek 2002 630H2 Trek 16
My latest adventure was yesterday,
Today is not over yet!
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Wednesday, July 17, 2002
SENECA LAKE, Ariz. - A man out camping with his brother woke up with
one heck of a headache, only to discover that a bear was biting him in the
head.
Thanks to his quick reactions - and to the handgun he was carrying -
Rodney Black, 51, will be OK.
Black and his brother were sleeping at their campsite at Seneca Lake,
Ariz., when Black said he felt an intense pain in his head. He said the next
thing he knew, he was on the ground, blood was gushing everywhere and he
couldn't see a thing.
His said his brother screamed out "Bear!" and he managed to get out
his handgun and shoot the animal dead.
"I don't know where I hit him," Black told the Arizona Republic. "He
went down on the first shot and I emptied my revolver into him. I knew that
I needed to make that first shot, or I was in more trouble.
"A hungry bear is one thing. A hungry, angry bear is something even
worse."
The nearly 200-pound bear was out scavenging due to the dire drought
conditions in the Southwest, experts said, adding that Black and his brother
didn't take proper precautions to keep him out of the neighborhood.
"These guys had grilled up some steaks and left the wrappers near
where they were sleeping," Whitman Cassadore Jr., chief game ranger for the
San Carlos Recreational Wildlife, Game and Fish Department, told the Arizona
Republic.
"The bear was hungry, looking for some food."
Black was treated at a hospital and then released. State Game and Fish
said it was the first bear attack in Arizona this year.
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